Stewart Stremler wrote: > > A meteorite is at rest. A meteor is in transit. You aren't hit by a > meteorite, you're hit by a meteor, as it hasn't yet come to rest.
UHG! We *JUST WENT OVER THIS* http://dictionary.reference.com/search?db=*&q=meteor me?te?or n. A bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere. Also called falling star, meteor burst, shooting star. You are not hit by a ``bright trail or streak.'' You are hit by a lump of rock. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
