(meteorobs) meteor showers at Mercury

Roberto Gorelli md6648 at mclink.it
Tue Dec 30 06:40:29 EST 2014


On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:33:48 +0100 (CET)
  karl.antier at laposte.net wrote:
> Hi Jérémie, Steven and all,
> 
> But wouldn't a meteor shower require an atmosphere?
> And shouldn't we speak of meteoroid streams in the case of Mercury 
>(even if, I think I read they discovered a very tiny atmsophere 
>around Mercury)?
> 
> Clear skies!
> Karl
  
Ni (italian word for Yes and no), for to have a "meteor" yes, we must 
to have an atmophere, no for to have a meteor shower, for this we need 
only of a cloud of meteoroids that fall on a planet, satellite etc.
Best greetings.
Roberto Gorelli


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