Thanks Chris...that gives me something to work with...It's one of those questions I've wanted answering for a while now. Will be interesting to see any advice on calculating the trajectory curve from this?
Cheers, Graham On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Chris Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
