Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: GeronL

Definitely upon impact it is a meteorite. In the atmosphere a meteor in all cases? Michael Medved spent a lot of time mocking people who thought it was an “asteroid” and saying it was just a meteor. He is a little arrogant and apparently he was wrong. However I’m not clear on space rocks in the solar system which are not asteroids since asteroids definitely pass and hit earth and are not limited to the area between Mars/ Jupiter.

I remember the amateur astronomer who has discovered many of these (Levy?) Saying from his observations over a lifetime, he believes it is most likely a fairly big one will slip into the atmosphere before it ever is detected.


11 posted on 02/16/2013 12:31:36 AM PST by Andrei Bulba (No Obama, no way)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]


To: Andrei Bulba

An asteroid is an object in the asteroid belt. A meteor is an object that burns up in the atmosphere, a meteorite is an object that hits the ground, and a meteoroid is an object in space. So an asteroid is just a different type of meteor/oid/ite.


13 posted on 02/16/2013 12:39:08 AM PST by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson