G'day, Thankyou for that Al. I did realise this, however it also brings up the question of what ever happened to that "alleged" Leonid meteorite from the last shower? I remember the story on this list, but never heard anything again after that.
Thanks again, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "almitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff Kuyken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Meteorite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 3:33 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Plotting Months and Days - Part 1 > Hi Jeff and all, > > Keep in mind that meteor showers and bright meteors and bolides that produce > meteorites are two different animals. We don't have any evidence yet for a meteor > shower producing a meteorite. Meteor Showers are produced when the Earth passes > through the stream of a comets orbit and producing the shower from the fine particles > tailing the comet. Meteor falls (that produce meteorites) are produced when when > material intersects the Earth's orbit from the asteroid belt from perpetration from > Jupiter etc. and falls. Yes they are call meteors but they originate from two > different sources. > > --AL > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
