(meteorobs) Interesting facts about meteor showers

[YoungBob2 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/1/2004 5:03:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
LarryFarma at aol.com writes:

<< Meteoroids in a swarm,   when encountering the 
 earth's gravity,    would not maintain their directions 
 but would be deflected in differing directions by the earth's 
 gravity,    with the result that the meteoroids would be 
 coming from every which way,   and hence the meteor 
 paths could not all be directed away from a central point.  >>

Hi, Larry:

Quite the contrary, I think.  The stream, which would tend to
be somewhat diffuse, would be pulled toward the Earth, thus
"tightening" it up!

Clear skies,
Bob Young