(meteorobs) Hypervelocity meteors

[Pat Branch]

The paper claims the meteor is likely extragalactic since the velocity
was more than the 220 Km/sec galactic velocity. But couldn't a meteor
reach the predicted speed of 300 km/sec if it also got a gravity
assist from the Sun or one of the inner planets - even from Earth?


--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, Ed Majden <epmajden at ...> wrote:
>
> After posting the message on this topic I received the following 
> comment from Dr. Yvan Dutil on the RASC list Rascals.
> 
> Quote:
> 
> "Their photometric data are convincing for a radiant, but I have 
> problem with
> the velocity estimate. I dont trust the spectroscopic date. In both 
> case,
> the lack of detailled description of the data reduction process is
> problematic."
> 
> I don't have the reference at hand but hypervelocity meteors have been 
> detected with the Aricibo radio telescope and also in New Zealand.  
> This is probably the first spectrum of one if peer reviews accept this 
> data.
> 
> Ed Majden
> 
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