(meteorobs) On the connection between nearby NEAs and therecentincrease in fireballs...

[Chris Peterson]

Most large fireballs are green. And it certainly is not clear to me that we 
are seeing any statistically significant increase in fireball activity. Like 
so much in nature, meteor frequencies are described by Poisson statistics, 
and that means we'll naturally see periods of increased activity and periods 
of decreased activity. Our brains want to connect this to something 
physical, but I doubt anything is really there.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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