Stewart Stremler wrote: > begin quoting John H. Robinson, IV as of Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 03:14:27PM > -0700: > > > The observant will know that you cannot be hit by a meteor. A meteorite, > > maybe, but not a meteor. > > I thought you could only be hit by a meteor. Once it hits the ground > it's a meteorite, no?
A meteor is the light phenomon associated with a meteroid coming throughthe atmosphere. Once it strikes, it is a meteorite. As per the definition, it should hit the earth's crust, however I am certain that it can be extended to any planetary (or satellite) surface, including inhabitants. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
