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Re: (meteorobs) Meteors and meteorology

    Check your dictionary!  Meteorology is from the Greek, meteoros, meaning high in the air, or atmospheric phenomenon.  Thus, meteor, for an event occurring in the atmosphere.
 
Ed Majden - AMS Affiliate
 
----- Original Message -----
From: ksyo@bellsouth.net
To: Meteorobs
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:27 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Meteors and meteorology

I received the following question but was unable to provide a satisfactory response....anyone willing to give it a shot?
Kim Y
 
My students have a question I cannot answer -- yet.
 
If a meteor is an moving object in the universe, how did we chose the word meteorology for the study of the atmosphere (and its relationship to weather) -- it seems that the two words don't really have a relationship.
 
Thanks.
 
Bill
 
 
 
 
 
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