Wow, Dr. Garvie , Thank you for posting to this list again. We can always use your great mind and input. Please keep it up. Carl -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax
---- Laurence Garvie <[email protected]> wrote: > I just had a quick look at the paper by Popova, Meteoroid Ablation > models (2004) Earth, Moon, and Planets, vol. 95, 303-319, and their > spectral data from meteorites indicate that the brightness > temperatures of the vapor are around 4000-6000K. > > Laurence > CMS > ASU > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:57:27 -0700 > > From: Meteorites USA <[email protected]> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature? > > To: Meteorite-list <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Anyone know how hot a large meteor/fireball gets? > > > > Regards, > > Eric Wichman > > Meteorites USA > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:06:57 EDT > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature? > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > >>> Anyone know how hot a large meteor/fireball gets?<< > > > > At least the melting point of iron, which is 2800*F. > > geozay > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:10:47 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Steve Witt <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature? > > To: Meteorite-list <[email protected]>, Meteorites > > USA <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Eric, > > > > A quick check of O. Richard Norton's Rocks from Space puts it >3000 > > degrees F. > > > > Regards, > > Steve > > > > > > Steve Witt > > IMCA #9020 > > http://imca.cc/ > > > > > > --- On Thu, 5/13/10, Meteorites USA <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: Meteorites USA <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature? > >> To: "Meteorite-list" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 5:57 PM > >> Anyone know how hot a large > >> meteor/fireball gets? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Eric Wichman > >> Meteorites USA > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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 ______________________________________________ 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
