Hello, That was not a statement from Jenniskens. That was already in the press stories, days earlier that this fall was from the shower. They are wrong, but it is now part of the legend. The stories say scientist said this, but I doubt any real scientist in the know would say this. Some writer got it wrong again.
Michael Cottingham On Oct 21, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Bob King wrote: > Hi Don, > Thanks for your reply. What you say is all true, but the meteor > radiated from the direction of Sagittarius, not Orion. > Bob > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Don Merchant <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi Bob. It could very well be, but then the meteorite... it should seem, >> would have to be a carbonaceous chondrite, since the Orionids are remnants >> of Halley's Comet! Last I knew all comets are usually composed of >> carbonaceous chondrite material. As far as the date being the 17th, the >> Orionids have a longer period of meteor shower then most other meteor >> showers. That means the Orionids can last several weeks BUT the peak of the >> Orionid shower falls around Oct. 20-21. This peak is where >> scientists/astronomers have calculated where the Earth's orbit comes into >> the path of the most debris left by Halley's comet. Also remember that the >> debris path with Halley's comet covers a long wide swath in the solar >> system, thus the longer length in time of meteor shower. Hope this helps or >> clears it up some. >> >> Sincerely >> Don Merchant >> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders >> www.ctreasurescwonders.com >> IMCA #0960 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob King" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 7:30 PM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Novato (N1) found -- why the >> Orioniddescription? >> >> >> >> Hi everyone, >> Anyone know why the reports are quoting Dr. Jenniskens as saying that >> the meteorite is from the Orionid meteor shower? If this is the Oct. >> 17 bolide, it was not an Orionid. >> Thanks, >> Bob >> >> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 5:11 PM, karmaka <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Here are some images and a video: >>> >>> VIDEO: >>> >>> http://novato.patch.com/articles/small-rock-that-hit-novato-house-is-confirmed-chunk-of-meteor#video-11827352 >>> >>> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/640*480/2012-10-21+11.25.13.jpg >>> >>> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/640*480/2012-10-21+11.24.47.jpg >>> >>> >>> http://o5.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/PATCH/resize/600x450/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/patch/f0667542b8618eb45a0b8ea59e0813cb >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> >>> Von: "karmaka" <[email protected]> >>> An: "met-list" <[email protected]> >>> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Novato (N1) found >>> Datum: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:43:52 +0200 >>> >>> Apparently the first meteorite has been found: >>> >>> Novato (N1) , 63 g >>> >>> cams.seti.org/Novato-Webber-Jenniskens.jpg >>> >>> http://cams.seti.org/ >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Postfach fast voll? Jetzt kostenlos E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de sichern >>> und endlich Platz für tausende Mails haben. >>> http://www.t-online.de/email-kostenlos >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Postfach fast voll? Jetzt kostenlos E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de sichern >>> und endlich Platz für tausende Mails haben. >>> http://www.t-online.de/email-kostenlos >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> 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 > ______________________________________________ > > 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 ______________________________________________ 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
