Ablation and incandescent flight typically end at about 3-4 km/s.
Chris ******************************* Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com On 3/7/2012 10:43 AM, Graham Ensor wrote:
Hi All, I have been wondering lately if there have been calculations done on the speeds that meteors stop their hot flight and enter dark flight. What speed does a body have to reach before it generates a hot plasma ball that shows as a fireball...or in other words how fast could a body travel without becoming incandescent. I know this is going to vary depending on altitude or thickness of atmosphere and possibly size. Has anyone seen data that shows this? Cheers, Graham
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