[meteorite-list] How much survives entry?

[Chris Peterson]

I think that you can usually figure that 95-99% of the mass of parent 
meteoroid is lost. That seems pretty consistent with the estimated mass of 
observed fireballs compared with the mass of recovered meteorites.

Obviously, what is typical is pretty loosely defined; I don't doubt that 
there are exceptions to the rule.

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>
To: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:45 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] How much survives entry?


> Does anyone have a rough estimate on how much material, say ordinary 
> chondrite, is lost during entry? 80% converted to light, heat and dust? 
> 90%? 99.9%?