Hello Randy and all, Thanks for the update on this subject. It has prompted me to go back and update my article from March 2008:
http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2008/mar08.htm Bob's Findings: "From Asteroids to Meteoroids to Meteors to Meteorites - Guess what? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) originally defined the word "meteor" to be used as BOTH the term for the solid object, as well as, the light-phenoma that it produces." Yeah, I was surprised, too, when I discovered that little bit of trivia. In "References" I've added the link to the Rubin/Grossman abstract that Randy supplied earlier. And a lot of links to the IAU website had changed, so I updated those as well. Again, thanks for the enlightening discussion. Bob V. --- On Mon, 8/20/12, Randy Korotev <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Randy Korotev <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Vernacular of "Meteorite" > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, August 20, 2012, 8:25 AM > > Meteorite and meteoroid are, indeed, well defined. > > http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.01009.x/abstract > > Randy Korotev > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
