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Re: (meteorobs) Catching micro meteorites in the rain
Follow the thread I started on sci.astro.amateur. It has some good info on how to identify them
without going to a lab, as well as other aspects of finding the particles.
Ed Majden wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: P. Edward Murray <edward12@erols.com>
> To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 7:33 PM
> Subject: (meteorobs) Catching micro meteorites in the rain
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been wondering about this for years and someone just posted this to
> > s.a.a.
> > Can you really catch micrometeorites in the rain?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
> This is possible, by collecting rain runoff. The problem is,
> identifying what is of meteororic origin and what is industrial pollution.
> Our atmosphere is pretty dirty these days.
>
> Ed Majden
>
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