[meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

[Chris Peterson]

Meteors are pretty well modeled as black bodies, and their spectra 
indicate typical temperatures of 4000-5000 K (with ablation beginning at 
1500-2000 K).

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark ford" <markf at ssl.gb.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust


> On that subject, anyone know what actual temperature the surface of 
> the
> average Chondrite gets to on atmospheric entry? (it would no doubt 
> vary
> with the entry angle time in flight etc) but there must be a ball park
> figure.
>
> Obviously I doubt anyone can have measured it directly (unless maybe 
> it
> could be done using IR measurement systems pointed at the fireball?), 
> so
> most figures would presumably be theoretical, and we can obviously 
> work
> out what temp a chrondrite melts at, but presumably it gets much much
> hotter than 'just the melting point temp'.
>
> Mark