(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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