Re: (IAAC) Green meteors and optical rods.

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• Subject: Re: (IAAC) Green meteors and optical rods.
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Fri, 20 Mar 98 11:34:33 -0500
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I believe I agree with you about meteor showers having distinctively colored 
FIREBALLS, Penny! And I'll bet a silver dollar that velocity and entry angle DO 
determine some of a meteor's color: not least because they determine how far a 
meteor's ionizing influence penetrates into our atmosphere, and therefore what 
mix of gases actually gets ionized...

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any hard and fast correlation between 
shower membership and non-fireball colors: for a single observer, there MAY be 
a correlation. But over many observers, again, the scatter is huge.

A little off-topic for 'netastrocatalog', I guess - but fun! Maybe you should 
try out the OTHER maillist I administer, Penny!  :)

Lew
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• Re: (IAAC) Green Meteors and optical rods.
• From: "Penny Fischer " <pennyo@prodigy.net>

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