[meteorite-list] It's from the ashtray belt!

[bill kies]

Was Halley a heavy smoker? I hope Mr. Braidman is amused.
 
> From: edeckert at triad.rr.com
> To: Jimski47 at aol.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:45:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's from the ashtray belt!
> 
> Surely he jests! However, if someone actually believes that the "ashtray 
> belt" exists, they could easily be the butt of that joke. :-)
> 
> Ed
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Jimski47 at aol.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:08 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] It's from the ashtray belt!
> 
> 
> > The Oakland Tribune reports the exploding streaks were especially visible
> > Wednesday night over the San Francisco Bay area and other parts of 
> > Northern
> > California, with reports of bright fireballs and loud booms from Santa 
> > Cruz
> > County to Mendocino County.
> >
> > "Happened to look over, saw like a crescent shaped object, reddish orange
> > in color," Edward Pierce told KGO-TV. "As it went away it started getting
> > larger. Kind of expanding."
> >
> > Jonathan Braidman, an astronomer at Oakland's Chabot Space and Science
> > Center, told the station what Pierce and others saw were small, car-sized
> > pieces of rock and metal from the ashtray belt.
> >
> > It crashed through the earth's atmosphere, "ionizing and setting the air 
> > on
> > fire in its wake," he said.
> >
> > National Weather Service forecaster Steve Anderson tells the Tribune that
> > warm temperatures and cloud-free skies are making the bright lights more
> > visible, a phenomenon that should only increase as the weekend approaches 
> > and
> > the shower continues.
> >
> > The fireballs are part of the large, fast Orionid meteor shower, so-named
> > because it has the Orion constellation as a backdrop.
> >
> > _http://weather.aol.com/2012/10/18/stunning-meteor-showers-blaze-across-cali
> > fornia-sky/#page=1%3Ficid_
> > (http://weather.aol.com/2012/10/18/stunning-meteor-showers-blaze-across-california-sky/#page=1?icid)
> >
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