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(meteorobs) Meteor trail diameter?




Some years ago, I once read that the diameter of the streak of light that we
perceive as a meteor, is about a yard thick for a meteor of about +2
magnitude. It also said something to the effect that a stony meteor of a foot
in diameter would leave a trail about a hundred feet in diameter? I don't know
where I read this at...does this sound familiar to anybody? Does anyone have a
source that talks about the diameter of a meteor trail?
George Zay

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