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Re: Hot and cold

Hello Bernd, Al, and list;
      Glad to hear you have accepted the warm to the touch theory Al   :)
      Though I cannot see that they would be glowing red hot when they land.
If Ms. Wallace was correct in that she felt heat eminating from and felt
that heat a foot or so above the(stony/iron mix) meteorite on the palm of
her outstretched hand, then it may have been possible to melt something with
a low melting point, say , like a flimsy tarp.
                 Allen
-----Original Message-----
From: almitt <almitt@kconline.com>
To: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Cc: michel franco <mfranco@cyberaccess.fr>; METEORITELIST
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: Hot and cold


>Hi Bernd and all,
>
>>>No, I don't think so. In spite of all those reports like "too hot to
>handle", etc., most of them will be "cold" or at most "warm to the
>touch"<<
>
>My point exactly! The original discussion on this topic many months back
>was if stony meteorites were hot or cold when they landed. When posting
>the hot/cold topic again I neglected to re-summarize the topic guide
>lines ( a serious mistake on this list) Obviously a iron meteor conducts
>heat much better than a stony one and if it orientates or has a slower
>fall speed there is a possibility for heat build up.
>
>I view the hot and cold topic this way. I deal with many people as far as
>education and I try to tell them the normal dynamics of a fall rather
>than the once every so often type of fall. The odds of someone finding or
>seeing a meteorite land is very rare so I try to advise them what they
>might expect to see and find normally.
>
>Many of the reports are not well documented down and are unfortunately
>based on laymen hysteria after a dramatic event. I do think there has
>been good documentation sited to indicate that most stones that fall are
>cold. This is the norm. If they were red hot for hours the isotope clocks
>would be reset and they would be of little use as they would be
>chemically altered inside.
>
>--AL
>
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