Astronomy Question of the Day 1/11/06

[tfwthom]

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[scull]

I took a <i>guess</i>.<br />

 

[kmarinas86]

Meteors of course!

 

[scull]

When will you post the answer to this one?<br />

 

[george_w]

Meteors, no? No estoy seguro.<br /><br /><i>Jeb in '08</i>

 

[kmarinas86]

You lost, but thanks for playing <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />The question is asked in the present tense. Therefore the answer is meteors, not meteorites.

 

[dark_energy]

A meteorite has already hit the ground, no? So isn't its velocity 0? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[tfwthom]

Total Votes: 15 Thread views: 108 <br /><br />Comets <br /> 1 (06%) <br /> <br />Asteroids <br /> 0 (0%) <br /> <br />Meteors <br /> 12 (80%) <br /> <br />Meteorites <br /> 2 (13%) <br /> <br />And the Answer is....Meteors<br /><br />Meteorites do not move acrpss the sky at all, because they are meteors that have fallen to Earth. Of the arteroids, only Vesta can be seen with the unaided eye. Comets are in orbit around the Sun, as are asteroids. When a comet is close enough to the Sun to be visible, each night it will have moved relative to the stars. A meteor is a brightly glowing particle falling swiftly to earth, crossing half the sky in a fraction of a second.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1" color="#3366ff">www.siriuslookers.org</font> </div>

 

[tfwthom]

But you will not be telling anyone about seeing a KT event! lol <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1" color="#3366ff">www.siriuslookers.org</font> </div>

 

[newtonian]

One could add another choice: naturally caused UFO's caused by beams of light appearing to move across the sky.<br /><br />Appearances can be deceiving!