[meteorite-list] Fireball temperatures

From: Ed Majden <epmajden_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 09:49:19 -0700
Message-ID: <904D2CF4-4F94-43AC-A69E-7BC846036270_at_shaw.ca>

See: http://folk.ntnu.no/ltheen/meteor/meteor_physical.html

Do a search with "google" "for meteor fireball temperatures".
There are several papers related to this topic.

 From a spectroscopic point of view, Jiri Borovicka suggests that the
temperature of the main component is around 4500 K and the second
component is around 10,000 K (Borovicka 1994) Planetary Space Sci,
42, 145-150.

Ed Majden - AMS Meteor Spectroscopy
Courtenay, B.C. Canada.
Received on Fri 14 May 2010 12:49:19 PM PDT