(meteorobs) question(s) about fireball magnitude

[Wayne Hally]

Kinetic Energy= 1/2  m* v^2

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Subject: (meteorobs) question(s) about fireball magnitude

Meteor Observers,

What is the biggest contributor to the magnitude of a fireball?

Is this mass or velocity or a combination of both?

Are there other factors?

Thanks,

Mike Hankey
Freeland MD
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