Not only that, but the bulk of the impacting meteorite would still be cold.
A few millimeters of incandescent surface wouldn't do this. The only way to
get significant heat at the point of impact is from the kinetic energy of
the collision itself. And that much energy shouldn't leave much of the
original material larger than dust. The whole thing is fishy.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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From: <ensorama...@ntlworld.com>
To: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; "habibi
abdelaziz" <azizhab...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] TAMEDAGHT PHENOMENA MUSEUM METEORITE?
I cannot see how this could happen....surely for it to happen the meteorite
would have to still be in incandescent flight on impact which would be too
fast for a stoney meteorite to survive like this...what does anyone else
think?
Graham Ensor, UK
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