[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
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---- 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>
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> >
> > 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>
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> >
> >>> 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
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