(April 23, 2014 at 6:21 pm)Chuck Wrote:(April 23, 2014 at 2:42 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteorites are what are found after the impact event.
But I'm not, so I won't.
Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteors are what passes through the air before an impact event.
But I'm not, so I won't.
Were I even more of a pedant, I might point out that, technically, the appellation meteor is given to the flash of light as the object burns up in the atmosphere. Whatever the case, no meteor has ever hit the ground, by definition.
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