[meteorite-list] Meteorites 101

[Mike Hankey]

Interesting...I did not know that. 

So why is it then that folks on the met list only care about the boomers that happen 3-5 times a year and write off the minor events that seem to happen daily. 

There seems to be a belief on the list that no boom = no meteorite.  No bolide = no meteorite. You're saying this is not true? 

Then what are the factors that determine meteorite and how can we properly ID the producers? 

I also hope you arent talking about micro meteorites. Because statistically... 

PS did you catch last nights green fireball on your sky cam? It was reported from CO, WY, NV and CA

On Jan 15, 2011, at 8:29 PM, "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

> No. In fact, there is good evidence to suggest that the great majority of meteorites are produced by rather small meteors, which not only don't fragment, but aren't even fireballs. The sense that meteorites are the product of big, spectacular, fragmenting fireballs is produced because those are the only sorts of events where we can correlate the meteor and the meteorite. Nobody notices the unimpressive meteors, or ever connects them to particular meteorites.
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> Chris
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
> To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
> Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101
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> See I always thought bolide was a a large fireball that fragmented. Is it safe to say only bolides become meteorites?
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> So the scale of bigness: meteor, fireball, bolide, super bolide. Super bolides are the ones shaking homes and >=-24 magnitude.
> 
> Great distraction after a terrible defeat by the squeelers. Congrats mike.
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