[meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature?
From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 13:09:14 -0400 Message-ID: <20100514130914.TG1HH.385692.imail_at_fed1rmwml43> Wow, Dr. Garvie , Thank you for posting to this list again. We can always use your great mind and input. Please keep it up. Carl -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax ---- Laurence Garvie <lgarvie at asu.edu> wrote: > I just had a quick look at the paper by Popova, Meteoroid Ablation > models (2004) Earth, Moon, and Planets, vol. 95, 303-319, and their > spectral data from meteorites indicate that the brightness > temperatures of the vapor are around 4000-6000K. > > Laurence > CMS > ASU > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:57:27 -0700 > > From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature? > > To: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > > Message-ID: <4BEC83D7.3070202 at meteoritesusa.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Anyone know how hot a large meteor/fireball gets? > > > > Regards, > > Eric Wichman > > Meteorites USA > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:06:57 EDT > > From: GeoZay at aol.com > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature? > > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > > Message-ID: <cbb04.3ab3cd38.391de011 at aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > >>> Anyone know how hot a large meteor/fireball gets?<< > > > > At least the melting point of iron, which is 2800*F. > > geozay > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:10:47 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Steve Witt <stelor96 at yahoo.com> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature? > > To: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>, Meteorites > > USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> > > Message-ID: <162132.99630.qm at web56408.mail.re3.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Eric, > > > > A quick check of O. Richard Norton's Rocks from Space puts it >3000 > > degrees F. > > > > Regards, > > Steve > > > > > > Steve Witt > > IMCA #9020 > > http://imca.cc/ > > > > > > --- On Thu, 5/13/10, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote: > > > >> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> > >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature? > >> To: "Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > >> Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 5:57 PM > >> Anyone know how hot a large > >> meteor/fireball gets? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Eric Wichman > >> Meteorites USA > >> ______________________________________________ > >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-listReceived on Fri 14 May 2010 01:09:14 PM PDT |
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