[meteorite-list] Meteorite Crashes Through Thailand House Roof

From: Peter Scherff <peterhscherff_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:51:15 -0400
Message-ID: <00cb01d1d17e$d0838620$718a9260$_at_gmail.com>

Hi Tom,

You could very well be right.

Thanks,

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy [mailto:tommy58 at hvc.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 4:49 PM
To: Peter Scherff
Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Crashes Through Thailand House Roof

Peter,
    I'm going to go with the theory she was mistaken. I'm sure the crash
kind of messed her mind up a tad at the time of impact.

Regards!

Tom


On 06/28/2016 04:29 PM, Peter Scherff wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Yes, I think so. There are too many reports of meteorites being hot to
> the touch. Those reports are almost always about meteorites that have
> punched through something (building, vehicle or ground). I trust this
> mass of anecdotal evidence. But we won't know for sure until some
> starts shooting rocks through buildings for their doctoral thesis.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tommy [mailto:tommy58 at hvc.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 4:22 PM
> To: Peter Scherff
> Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Crashes Through Thailand House
> Roof
>
> Hi Peter!
> I get the friction part but THAT much friction?
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 06/28/2016 04:09 PM, Peter Scherff wrote:
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> I believe that part i.e. "I picked up the largest chunk and let go
>> quickly as it was very hot,". Have you ever held a nail that you just
>> pulled out of a board? The nail is very warm. The friction of
>> punching a hole through a home, car or the ground can heat up a
>> meteorite. Now if they start talking about the fires it started I am with
you.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Meteorite-list
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
>> Tommy via Meteorite-list
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 4:03 PM
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Crashes Through Thailand
>> House Roof
>>
>> "I picked up the largest chunk and let go quickly as it was very hot,"
>> 65-year-old home-owner Bualom Chalomprai said. "
>>
>>
>> Her mind must have been playing tricks on her.
>>
>> Regards!
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On 06/28/2016 03:02 PM, Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list wrote:
>>
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