[meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:40:13 -0500
Message-ID: <19j503paeafn7koee8kq0r297jaqoo0bf6_at_4ax.com>

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:04:08 -0000, you wrote:

>out what temp a chrondrite melts at, but presumably it gets much much
>hotter than 'just the melting point temp'.

Just as a guess (and not looking at research to back it up) but I'd think that
the surface would reach only just about the same as the melting point-- because
once material melts, it flows off the surface, exposing new material that hasn't
yet melted.
Received on Thu 22 Mar 2007 02:40:13 PM PDT