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Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: Meteor's family poses puzzle - Intriguing!



At 19:56 25/05/03 -0300, you wrote:
That's very possible that the first one was a fireball, and the second one a meteorite. What's the puzzle on that them?

Hi Marco,

I should have been more specific,sorry - basically,meteorites were recovered from both events,and both fireballs were captured on multiple cameras and their orbits determined as being the same(ie they must have come from the same parent body),but,the recovered meteorites were found to be of different composition when analyzed,suggesting that they came from different parent bodies,which contradicts the photographic evidence!


Well, in my opinion most brilliant objects in cosmos, such as fireballs, follow an orbit. Ins't that impossible the the first (1959), didn't fragment tottally. Very probably that part of that bolide kept  on its journey untill it ended up again over the the skies of Central Europe (2002) in the form of a shower.

Ruled out since the composition differed in both the recovered meteorites.

There is a bit more on the subject here:
http://abob.libs.ugadot edu/bobk/ccc/cc051503.html

Clear skies,
Leo


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