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Re: (meteorobs) Re: meteor notes NM
Hi Norman,
> I have never seen a meteor convince me that it "skipped off the atmosphere."
> Objects below some given size ought not be able to do that -- the drag would
> finish them off. But the pair of fireballs in one evening over the western
> U.S. last winter was interpreted by one researcher as being from just one
> meteoroid. It hit the atmosphere tangentially the first time (I don't
> consider that a skip-off ; there just wasn't any projected impact point),
> then made a full earth orbit and reentered a second time further west. This
> was discussed on meteorobs at the time.
I thought this theory was skipped later because of the low probability. Do
you know the latest 'state of knowledge' in this case?
Sirko
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