To: James Masny sciflye...@gmail.com
Cc: Meteorite List Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Different colors of meteors/shooting stars
Jim,
This link should provide some additional info:
http://webmineral.com/help
Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Different colors of meteors/shooting stars
Jim,
This link should provide some additional info:
http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml
Happy gazing,
Michael in so. Cal.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:38 PM, James Masny
...@gmail.com
Cc: Meteorite List Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Different colors of meteors/shooting stars
Jim,
This link should provide some additional info:
http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml
Happy
Hi Jim-
As a rule, you can't tell much about a meteor's composition from the
visual colors observed. The eye is a lousy spectrometer!
The optical output of a meteor consists of hundreds of component
emission lines, possibly a blackbody component in some cases, and some
strong atmospheric
In addition to what Chris Peterson wrote:
Colours perceived in meteors are quite often a result of the composition of the
atmosphere at the altitude of the meteor, rather than the meteoroid composition.
Take green colours sometimes reported for meteors. Almost invariably, someone
will argue
There may be some atmospheric effects, but I don't think they are the
usual explanation for the different colors people report.
Color vision is highly variable from person to person. The same color
may be reported as pink, blue, or green by different people. This is
especially true when
Thank you for the explanation, Chris. I have often wondered about this, since
various colors often seem to be reported by different witnesses to the same
meteor event. Wouldn't atmospheric filtering also affect the perceived color,
depending on the angle and distance from which a meteor is
Hi Chris and List,
It's also worth noting that cameras have some of the same constraints
that the human eye does. Certain wavelengths of light are represented
differently using various types of lenses and chips - the same is true
for old 35mm film cameras and the most modern digital models. So,
Good evening list. Sorry if this has been discussed before, but are
different colors of meteors streaking through the atmosphere
indicative of certain minerals burning up? And what color represents
what minerals? I remember the 2001 Leonids, and seeing so many
different colors - pink, blue,
Jim,
This link should provide some additional info:
http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml
Happy gazing,
Michael in so. Cal.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:38 PM, James Masny sciflye...@gmail.com wrote:
Good evening list. Sorry if this has been discussed before, but are
different colors of
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