Hi Walter and Mike, Thanks for the input. Like I said, I'm new to this. :-) And I wasn't trying to infer that Ted was deceiving anyone. I just didn't know and the parts seemed like they were in very good condition (considering the circumstances). Maybe they didn't burn up because re-entry was very slow (compared to a meteor)? I think I read that a fast meteor will burn up quicker (or at least have a lot more force acting upon it) than a slower meteor. Is that right? If so, that might help explain it (besides being protected by other parts).
Regards, Bob the newbie -----Original Message----- From: Walter Branch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:07 PM To: Bob Loeffler Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - not quite a meteorite, but fell from orbit Hi Bob, No, not really. Chunks of metal often reach the ground intact. Being part of an O2 tank, that particular metal would have been protected by other parts which probably did burn up upon re-entry. The oxidation occurred after re-entry. -Walter Branch ________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Loeffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - not quite a meteorite, but fell from orbit > Hi, > > I'm new to this hobby, but I would think that any object that drops from > orbit would be in much worse condition than what those pictures show. > Shouldn't they have burnt up during re-entry? They look rusted, but not > burnt/melted. > > Regards, > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ted > brattstrom > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:51 PM > To: Meteorite List > Subject: [meteorite-list] AD - not quite a meteorite, but fell from orbit > > Aloha - > > Skylab returned to Earth on July 11, 1979 - Parts of > it fell into the Indian Ocean, but other fragments > landed in Western Australia (site of many other cool > meteorite falls). On behalf of a friend, I'm offering > up a piece of Skylab. It's got about a day and a half > to run (if this gets posted in a reasonable time :-) ) > > Have a look if you are interested: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150201452455&ssPageN > ame=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005 > > Or look via: > > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvolcanoted > > Thanks for looking - ted Brattstrom / volcanoted > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
