[meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature?

[Laurence Garvie]

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

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> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:57:27 -0700
> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
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> Anyone know how hot a large meteor/fireball gets?
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> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
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> From: GeoZay at aol.com
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>>> Anyone know how hot a large  meteor/fireball gets?<<
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> At least the melting point of iron, which  is 2800*F.
> geozay
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> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:10:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Steve Witt <stelor96 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Temperature?
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> Eric,
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> A quick check of O. Richard Norton's Rocks from Space puts it >3000  
> degrees F.
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> Regards,
> Steve
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> Steve Witt
> IMCA #9020
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> --- On Thu, 5/13/10, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> Regards,
>> Eric Wichman
>> Meteorites USA
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