[meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: When the Moon hits your eye like a really, really, really big pizza pie

2009-06-16 Thread cdtucson
Rob, You said And don't get me started on the meteors burning all the way to the ground I'm no expert but? Meteors may not burn all the way to the ground but it is believed possible that an impact can be hot enough to melt the ground into Tektite glass, right? So, wouldn't that

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: When the Moon hits your eye like a really, really, really big pizza pie

2009-06-16 Thread Meteorites USA
Carl, My understanding of this phenomena is that the meteoroid must be very large to hold enough heat all the way to the ground sufficient enough to possibly start a fire. In other words it would most likely haver to be traveling at cosmic velocity at impact with the ground. Which is not

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: When the Moon hits your eye like a really, really, really big pizza pie

2009-06-16 Thread Rob McCafferty
talk about any longer. It's not like the show was even that good from an entertainment point of view. --- On Tue, 6/16/09, cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: From: cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net Subject: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: When the Moon hits your eye like a really, really