Re: [meteorite-list] Leonid Meteorite

[Dieter Heinlein]

Hello Rick, Ron and Bernd,   even in theory it is very hard to imagine that a solid meteorite could orginate from a cometary meteor shower like the Leonids or Perseids.   As we have found from studies of our European Fireball Network, the cometary material that hits our atmosphere is very soft and has an extremely low density (between 0.2 ang 0.6 gram/ccm). We have photographed really heavy chunks of cometary material enering our atmosphere (producing spectacular bolides), but they ALL burnt up and NEVER did any piece reach the ground - even if they had initial masses of several tons! A comet fragment of 1 km diameter would have good chances to survice its fiery flight, but not in my backyard, PLEASE...   A meteorite fall on the peak day of a meteor shower? Why not - but in my eyes this is pure coincidence, but no correlation.   My two cents   Dieter     ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Nowak To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:32 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Leonid Meteorite I was wondering is their a documented for sure 100% meteorite that came from the comet Temple Tuttle?? We know that the Leonids come from this comet. Just maybe their is meteorite  out their????? Rick __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list