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Re: (meteorobs) Meteor Chunks Damage Homes, Light Up Night Sky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Johnson" Subject: RE: (meteorobs) Meteor Chunks Damage Homes,
Light Up Night Sky
> Is anyone else shaking their head in disbelief at the number of times the
> press has called the impact a "meteor shower"? And I wonder why my
students
> always ask if they need to stay indoors during the Leonids!
It is not unusual for a fall of several meteorites to be called a
"meteorite shower". Do a search with google for the Mocs meteorite Pultusk
Poland is another example of multiple falls, also called a "shower" in
professional texts and journals.
Ed Majden - MIAC Associate
Courtenay B.C.
CANADA
>
> --Terry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-meteorobs@atmob.org [mailto:owner-meteorobs@atmob.org]On
> Behalf Of David Saum
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:25 PM
> To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Meteor Chunks Damage Homes, Light Up Night Sky
>
>
> Google News Search shows lots of meteor articles across Midwest
> http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=meteor&btnG=Search+News
>
> Ciao,
>
> Dave
> http://www.infiltec.com/SID-GRB@home/
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