[meteorite-list] Observed lunar meteorite impacts hit 100

Mark Crawford mark at meteorites.cc
Wed May 21 18:29:06 EDT 2008


This got me thinking... some of the lunar impacts are being attributed 
to well-known meteor showers.

Are there any good candidates for (earthly) meteorites which may be part 
of such showers, and therefore potentially once part of the presumed 
parent body? I guess candidate criteria would be time of year and (at 
least rough visual) triangulation back to the radiant.

Or as many/most showers are associated with comets rather than 
asteroids, is the material perhaps much more fragile and therefore less 
likely to reach the earth's surface?

Mark


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