Meteors are pretty well modeled as black bodies, and their spectra
indicate typical temperatures of 4000-5000 K (with ablation beginning at
1500-2000 K).
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust
On that subject, anyone know what actual temperature the surface of
the
average Chondrite gets to on atmospheric entry? (it would no doubt
vary
with the entry angle time in flight etc) but there must be a ball park
figure.
Obviously I doubt anyone can have measured it directly (unless maybe
it
could be done using IR measurement systems pointed at the fireball?),
so
most figures would presumably be theoretical, and we can obviously
work
out what temp a chrondrite melts at, but presumably it gets much much
hotter than 'just the melting point temp'.
Mark
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