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Re: (meteorobs) Meteor Astronomers




>that's what you would call him/her:  a "meteoriticist."

Joe, "meteoritics" is the study of meteorites - not meteors. I have most
frequently used "meteoricist" to describe anyone who is engaged in the
scientific study of meteors, which I've always heard called "meteorics".

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And what would one call someone who is studying meteorOIDS (particles in
interplanetary space which are responsible for meteors, if they enter the
atmosphere)? I think the appropriate term is "planetary scientist with an
inferiority complex"... Or maybe more properly, "cometary garbologist".

KIDDING! X-D

Lew


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