[meteorite-list] "Meteoroid Hits the Moon" Article Question
From: Mike Groetz <mpg444_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Sep 30 19:43:26 2006 Message-ID: <20060930234321.96234.qmail_at_web32910.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sorry for the ignorant question- but if someone could help me with this I would really appreciate it. Ref: The current issue of Meteorite Magazine (Aug. '06) Pg 5 news article. There are a couple of references to a fireball upon impact. My question is- if the moon does not have an atmosphere as such- how could there be a "fireball" without the gasses (oxygen, etc.) to burn? I could understand a large cloud of impact material ejected- but a true fireball? Sorry if maybe I am just reading this out of context. Thank you if you can help me understand. Take care Mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Received on Sat 30 Sep 2006 07:43:21 PM PDT |
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