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(meteorobs) English 101
> From: Ron Rennie <astron@earthlinkdot net>
> We are splitting hairs but it is a meteor until it hits the car,
> then it becomes a meteorite AFTER it has hit the car.
Language is a funny thing, especially English. So we have:
I think that meteor will hit the car. AND
That car was hit by a meteorite.
But what is it at the instant of impact? As in:
Look, that car is being hit by a m_______. Will it explode?
Any and all replies will be recycled into the bit-bucket. :-)
OB-METEOR: A while ago someone asked what my interest was in a picture
of Hale-Bopp and M31. I'm fascinated by images with objects at
different distances. I have a photo I took with an airplane trail, a
Perseid meteor trail, and a satellite trail, in addition to the stars
and milky way background.
Gregg Lobdell Voice: 206-234-0884
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group Fax: 206-234-5775
Seattle, WA, USA InterNet: gml@atadot ca.boeing.com
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