[meteorite-list] meteor velocity

Hi Geoge Z. and Marco L. Thanks for your info and comments on meteor velocities. Marco, tks for calling my attention on to Hills Goda's paper on "Asteroids in the Atmosphere" - some 30pages! I am still going thru them. The diagrams plus the respective explanations given in this paper, are

Re: [meteorite-list] meteor velocity

In a message dated 11/11/2003 2:32:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I suppose that the Earth's gravitational attraction onto these meteoroids wouldnot account too much, on their slow, or very fast relative velocities? Well...the earths gravitational attraction does effect

[meteorite-list] meteor velocity

Hi George, Sorry for the delay in writting back to you. Many thanks for your interesting, prompt explanation! I am aware about the +- minimum amd maximum relative orbital speeds that meteors can attain on atmosphere entering, depending on how they encounter Earth. What surprised me was that

Re: Fw: [meteorite-list] meteor velocity

Hello Jose,Im not sure of the source...perhaps from IMOs Meteor Observing Guidebook? I dont have a copy handy anymore, So Im gonna try to wing it with the interpretation that I got from it all. Basically, meteoroids coming from parent objects in the asteroid belt, have a relatively slow