[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -September 14, 2009

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>I don't see any charring...only  staining/rust. <<

Wanting to expand a little here...assuming the  tree was alive when struck, 
I don't think a small meteorite would carry enuf  heat to cause any 
charring that would be noticed today. Being one who relies on  a woodstove as their 
primary source of heat, I can attest that it's a real bear  to get wet wood 
to even think about burning. If it was a dead tree, I still  doubt there 
would be enuf heat in this small piece to cause anything to burn. If  a small 
piece was hot enuf to cause any charring, I can only imagine how much  heat 
would be in the larger pieces...were there any burnt trees in the  
strewnfield area? I can't tell from the photograph, but was this piece a  fragment or 
an individual?
George Zay