Re: (meteorobs) Question

To: meteorobs@latrade.com
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Question
From: Terry Richardson <richardsont@cofcdot edu>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 21:10:18 -0500
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In few words I would say

>comet-a dirty snow ball (rocks, dirt and ice and not just water ice) a few
>miles in diameter orbiting our sun and sporting a visible tail when near
>the heat of the sun.
>
>meteor-a small rock (usually under the size of a pin head) that heats to
>glowing hot as it collides with the earth's atmosphere creating a vivible
>streak of light in our atmosphere.
>
>asteroid-a larger rock from a few hundred feet across to a few hundred
>miles across which orbits around our sun. Most orbit between the orbits of
>Mars and Jupiter


Sincerely,

Terry Richardson
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
803 953-8071 phone
803 953-4824 fax
http://www.cofcdot edu/~richardt/

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