[meteorite-list] Impact Question

Stuart McDaniel actionshooting at carolina.rr.com
Sun Apr 24 21:39:28 EDT 2011


I am watching "Earth: The Making of a Planet"  on Nat Geo right now and they 
are talking about Chixalub impact and I was wondering, probably something 
simple,............................but,

If an asteroid the sixe of Chixalub hits the Earth where does the "fire" 
from impact come from?? Is it because it was still burning from entry. 
Because I don't understand how 2 object crashing together can create a 
flaming impact and "burn" up everything.



Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr.,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
IMCA #9052
Member - KCA, KBCA, CDUSA
-----Original Message----- 
From: Aubrey Whymark
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 9:11 PM
To: meteorite list
Subject: [meteorite-list] European Tektite Forum 2011 Photos

Hi

We had a great time at the European Tektite Forum 2011 in Brno, Czech 
Republic, hosted by Milan Trnka.

I have uploaded a load of unedited photos onto my site at 
http://www.tektites.co.uk/european-tektite-forum-2011.html

I hope to edit the photos and add annotations and descriptions in the next 
2-3 months so do check back!

Regards, Aubrey
www.tektites.co.uk

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