[meteorite-list] Fireballs & Known Meteor Showers

[Jeff Kuyken]

I believe I heard that the original theory of the CI chondrites having a 
likely comet origin was altered after the Stardust mission. I think they 
found that the closest match was actually the CH/CB chondrite group. I would 
need to do a bit more research and see how true that is though. Or maybe 
someone on list has looked at some more recent work on that mission?

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Stanley" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
To: <geozay at aol.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs & Known Meteor Showers



List:

Has a meteorite "fall" ever been attributed to a comet? If so, do they know 
which one? I remember reading that Tagish Lake may be.

Greg S.

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> From: GeoZay at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:44:27 -0400
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs & Known Meteor Showers
>
>>>Of course they're not related, as the fireballs are from the asteroid
> belt
> and the meteor showers are from the tails of comets.<<
>
> Fireballs are produced by both asteroids and comets. So far meteor showers
> are related to comets.
> GeoZay
>
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