George jut brought up a good point and I have a question. The speed of
sound is about 760 MPH.
What is the speed at which a meteoroid extinguishes and is no longer
incandescent?
Regards,
Eric
On 3/29/2011 10:12 PM, [email protected] wrote:
The
absence of one, however, probably shouldn't be taken as an indicator that
they were not, since a meteor can still end (without complete ablation)
high
enough that no sonic boom will reach the ground.<<
Wouldn't these(meteorites) that are high enuf that no sonic boom will
reach the ground end up being rather small meteorites? This because a small
meteorite will be slowed down rather quickly higher up. The larger meteorites
having more momentum to carry it on down to the lower atmosphere will still
have a velocity fast enuf to produce the big thunder like sonics?
GeoZay
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