[meteorite-list] What makes a meteor glow?

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:44:13 +0000
Message-ID: <SNT120-W463227F0597723911BAB84CACB0_at_phx.gbl>

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> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:24:48 -0400
> From: mexicodoug at aim.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What makes a meteor glow?
>
> Bob wrote:
> "how much an incoming meteor's light is due to heating of the material
> itself versus the recombination of ionized atoms "
>
Ionization could help account for the number of meteors that have bright blue, green, or orange trails. It would be akin to the same phenomena that produce auroras.
 
Best!
Tracy Latimer
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Received on Tue 29 Jun 2010 06:44:13 PM PDT