In a message dated 11/11/2003 2:32:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well...the earths gravitational attraction does effect a meteor when it enters the atmosphere. This tends to accelerate the meteor towards the center of the earth. For a meteor shower, the meteor will give the appearance of radiating from a region slightly shifted towards the zenith, in relation to the stream it's part of. This is known as Zenithal attraction. For faster meteors the shift is less than for slower meteors.
Probably in the neighborhood of 11 to 18 km/s...just a guess.
Maybe? And perhaps due to it's strong structure with few fractures, if any, for breakups to occur?
Perhaps a very low angle...
Maybe it did at the time, but as you pointed out, has long ago eroded away?
GeoZay
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