[meteorite-list] Meteor strikes Alex City house?

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:10:11 -0700
Message-ID: <0ca001c739cb$db152990$2721500a_at_bellatrix>

No. I'm aware of one meteorite (group) that is very speculatively linked
to Hale-Bopp. I have data for a well recorded meteor that suggests it
might be a part of the lost comet Biela, which is probably the parent
body of the Andromedids (no meteorite has been recovered from that
event, but they were almost certainly produced). The parent body of the
Geminids is the asteroid 3200 Phaethon (although this may be the fragile
core of a burned out comet); if the material is strong enough, it's just
possible that the Geminids are slow enough that something could survive.
But there is no confirmed fall resulting from a Geminid fireball.

In general, meteor shower debris is too small, too fragile, and too fast
to survive.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor strikes Alex City house?


> Speaking of which.
>
> Has there ever been a recorded meteorite recovery associated with a
> known
> meteor shower (e.g., Leonids etc)? I can't think of any.
>
> Oh, that reminds me of the Flaming Hally's Comet Meteorite Basketball
> that
> was found in the desert. Remember that from about six or seven years
> ago!
>
> -Walter Branch
Received on Tue 16 Jan 2007 07:10:11 PM PST