(meteorobs) Question about bolide meteor fragmentation(air burst) and acoustic sound event???

[drobnock2]

If you had sufficient data to graph the relation between the sonic 
boom and the change in magnitude of a bolide,  the two curves would 
indeed be different. It is likely the light curve of a bolide would 
be similar to a reciprocal power curve.  The bolide light curve 
would rise in a given brightness and then decrease to zero. The 
curve would have many variable affecting the brightness - height, 
dust, mass, amoungst a few. 

The resulting sonic boom would probably be a graph resulting in a 
damping wave. Or possibly an abbreviated damping curve similar to a 
inverted V.

The propagation of sound and electromagnetic waves, do not always 
produce the same graphs.

George John Drobnock

--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, Thomas Dorman <drygulch_99 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi.All
> When a bolide meteor fragments and one sees a bright
> flash.Does this flash,fragmentation or air burst of
> the meteor produce the sonic boom or acoustic event
> people hear.If one graphed the light event from an air
> burst and graphed the acoustic events and would the
> two graphs look somewhat alike.Since light and sound
> both acts as a wave would the two signatures be
> comparable?Could they be compared?
> Regards
> Thomas Dorman
> Horizon City,Texas
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