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

[joseph_town at att.net]

> 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.

If a meteor is only the optical manifestation, as fire from wood is not a log, 
any bit of incoming debris is a meteoroid? I thought I already understood that 
sequence. Lol, I never thought about it that way before.

Bill