[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -September14, 2009

From: Matt Morgan <mail_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:13:41 +0000
Message-ID: <78295238-1253049317-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1615078736-_at_bda677.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

Here in Denver.
Matt
------Original Message------
From: Grant Elliott
To: wahlperry at aol.com
Cc: mail at mhmeteorites.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -September14,2009
Sent: Sep 15, 2009 2:13 PM

Yeah Matt, where did you find this?
Inquiring minds want to know-

Grant Elliott



On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:21 PM, wahlperry at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> What a cool piece to have in your collection. How did you ever find
> it?
>
> P.S. If you ever want to sell it, put me first on the list!
>
> Sonny
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Morgan <mail at mhmeteorites.com>
> To: GeoZay at aol.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Tue, Sep 15, 2009 10:14 am
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -
> September14, 2009
>
>
>
>
>
>
> George
> I don't think the heat was from the small meteorite itself, but the
> kinetic
> energy released by the impacting bodies. There was enough energy to
> form
> craters/pits that were 20-30m wide and down trees.
> Like in all cratering events, there was a hot air blast caused by
> the energy
> release which may have charred the outside of the trees.
>
> This is just a possible way to explain the charring, if in fact,
> that is what I
> am seeing on the bark of the tree (again, not behind the small
> meteorite).
> Matt
> ------Original Message------
> From: GeoZay at aol.com
> Sender: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -
> September14,
> 2009
> Sent: Sep 15, 2009 11:04 AM
>
>>> I don't see any charring...only staining/rust. <<
>
> Wanting to expand a little here...assuming the tree was alive when
> struck,
> I don't think a small meteorite would carry enuf heat to cause any
> charring that would be noticed today. Being one who relies on a
> woodstove as
> their
> primary source of heat, I can attest that it's a real bear to get
> wet wood
> to even think about burning. If it was a dead tree, I still doubt
> there
> would be enuf heat in this small piece to cause anything to burn.
> If a small
> piece was hot enuf to cause any charring, I can only imagine how
> much heat
> would be in the larger pieces...were there any burnt trees in the
> strewnfield area? I can't tell from the photograph, but was this
> piece a
> fragment or
> an individual?
> George Zay
>
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Matt Morgan
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P.O. Box 151293
Lakewood, CO 80215 USA
Received on Tue 15 Sep 2009 05:13:41 PM PDT