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It is argued here that unless antimatter meteors can be shown to possess some unambiguously unique characteristic not displayed by ordinary koinomatter meteors, it will be difficult to infer their existence given the standard interpretation of meteoroid structure. It is also argued, however, that the existence of antimatter meteors is extremely unlikely.
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Beech, M. A note on antimatter meteors. Earth Moon Planet 40, 213–216 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056024
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