[meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite

[Chris Peterson]

A meteoroid, maybe. A meteor is just the optical manifestation of a natural 
object burning as it passes through the atmosphere, not a physical object at 
all.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>
To: "Charles Viau" <cviau at beld.net>; "'Christian Anger'" 
<christian.anger at aon.at>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "'Bernhard 
Rems'" <bernhard at bgrems.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite


> "Not trying to be picky about terminology, but would not "meteor within a
> meteorite" be the scientifically correct statement here?  OR, just the 
> fact
> that it was encapsulated still makes it a meteorite, since it made it to 
> the
> ground."
>
> Good in theory, but wouldn't that same principle make the center of any
> meteorite a meteor? All of the regroths and breccias, and even graphite
> nodules would fit into that category, would they not?
>
> Thanks, Tom