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Re: (meteorobs) Re Fwd: Perseids 2001 Observations from Central Texas, USA
About Sue's word "zippy" Joe Rao wrote:
>I want to also thank Sue for introducing a brand-new descriptive term to the
>meteor observing lexicon: "zippy." I wonder if this will be included in the
>revised version of the IMO Observers' Handbook? :)
Actually. although I never use the word in my official reports, I always
refer to a very fast meteor as a "zipper", which of course are "zippy".
It seems like a natural word. I'd rather see a fast meteor called "zippy"
than a train called a trail, as it often is incorrectly called by observers
who should know better.
GWG
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