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Re: (meteorobs) Going by logic...
-- [ From: Robert Lunsford * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --
> Any proposed reason for this, Malcolm? Are slower heavy-object burnups
actually
> likely to be BRIGHTER than fast ones for some reason? Or is there a
preferred
> orbital plane and direction for heavier interplanetary debris, causing
them to
> be more plentiful on the earth-catching than the earth-caught side??
Curious...
>
Lew,
It is likely that they are just as plentiful on both sides of the Earth.
Perhaps the reason they appear more plentiful on the evening side is
that at slower velocities they last longer and are able to penetrate
further into the atmosphere.
Bob