(meteorobs) meteor impacts

[Chris Peterson]

Technically, "meteor" refers to the shooting star phenomenon: light produced 
by a meteoroid during ablation in an atmosphere. "Meteorite" need not be 
limited to "earthly"; the Mars rovers have sent back images of meteorites on 
the surface of Mars.

Chris

*****************************************
Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry" <ycsentinel at att.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) meteor impacts


>I  believe the term meteor suggests motion, whereas meteoroid suggest the
> object itself. Meteorite appears accepted as having done an earthly "face
> plant". :-)
>
> But little do I know......of heavenly things after that 90 Second
> entrapment.
>
> YCSentinel