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Meteorite hunters Search for FIREBALLS

normally meteorite hunters search for fireballs....but they totally ignore meteor showers . why so?

as far as i can think meteors in meteor showers are usually produced by small particles so they burn up quickly in the upper atmosphere about 30-100 km in . but fireballs are caused by larger objects which may not completely burn up in the atmosphere.hence making fireballs a reasonable starting point to search

any other reason?