论西方的“流星胶体”与中国的“流星肉体”

十六七世纪，西方出现一种至今仍不能肯定为何物的流星胶体；四世纪初中国史书记载一则奇异的流星，落地后化成臭肉的事件，按照西方的叫法，我们称之为“流星肉体”。面积达2250平方米，以波浪式运行，光度明可照地，落地不闻有声。中国科学院委托北京天文台主编的《中国古代夭象记录总集》在未经研究之前，以陨石收录；笔者经分析研究，认为是一种类似念珠藻的植物团，被大旋风或龙卷风摄入高空所形成的现象，与西方十九世纪报导的流星胶体相近。这对一般认为目视流星落地成陨石的概念，以为都是来之于太空物质是一个重大的突破。

On the Metoeric Gel in Western Record and the Meteoric Rot in Chinese Ancient Record

During 16 - 17th centuries, there appeared in Western record a meteoric gel which remains to be clarified; while in the early 4th century there appeared in Chinese record an event about a strange star which turned into rot after falling to the ground and was known as meteoric rot. The so-called meteotic rot, with an area up to 2250 sq. m., was characterized by undulatory move and dazzling brilliance and falling to the ground noiselessly. Chinese Academy of Science enlrusted Beijing Observatory with the compilation of Complete Collection of Chinese Ancient Astronomical Records, in which the meteoric rot was taken down as aerolite. Through analysis and study, the author believes that it may be due to the hoisting of plant clusters, something like toruloid algae, into upper air by whirls or tornado, similar to the meteoric gel in Western report last century. This is a significant breakthrough to the concept that all the visible meteors become acrolites after falling to the ground and they are materials come from space.