I thought it's a meteorite once it enters Earth's atmosphere and begins to burn. Now I will look it up. Please visit http://www.wan-leatonks.net. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 7:46 PM Subject: Meteorite In Colorado > At 7:55 this morning, a fairly good sized meteor shot across the Rocky > Mountains during rush hour. Thousands of people saw it, too. One man > called a talk show and he had just topped a hill when it shot across the > sky > to the west. The sun had just come up in Denver but this thing was bright > green and left a nice bright green trail across the sky. Even with the > sun > just up, this was still bright enough to be clearly visible. One of the > scientist they interviewed later said he guessed it might have been, based > upon the large visual display in the sky as it shot across the Rockies, > that > it might have been as large as a basket ball when it made its appearance > in > the sky. I'd be surprised if it were that big but you never know. Scared > the crap out of a lot of people, though. Boy, just think of the meteor > scatter that size would cause on 2 and 6 meters, haw. By the way, they > said > when it is in the air it is called a meteor but when it is on the ground > it > is called a meteorite. That doesn't sound right but that's what they > reported. > > Phil. > > K0NX > The Zenith Tube > www.RedWhiteAndBlue.org >