(meteorobs) Meteor Mystery, Solved?

meteors at eclipse.net meteors at eclipse.net
Thu Aug 24 15:55:14 EDT 2006


Probably a friend of the Time Being

>> NASA Science News for August 23, 2006
>>
>> In 1967, NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft was hit by a surprising flurry of
>> meteoroids--a shower more intense than any Leonid meteor storm. Where
>> did
>> the meteoroids come from? It's been a mystery for 40 years. Now,
> astronomers
>> may have found a solution: Mariner 4 had a close encounter with a "dark
>> comet."
>
> Or maybe it was just the Great Galactic Ghoul, a mythical creature who
> hates
> spacecraft, jokingly blamed by space scientists for the rate of loss of
> Mars
> probes....
>
> Dave Hostetter
>
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