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Re: RE: (meteorobs) Bolide booms
I think your assumption is more correct.
What bothers me is, why does MSNBC quote a WEATHERMAN
regarding a "bolide boom"?!!
You don't need a weatherman to know which way a bolide
falls.
;-)
B*C
Actually, a weatherman would help a lot (not that most no much about
meteors). Once a bolide, or other meteorite producing meteor loses it's
space velocity and is extinguished, it continues to fall (unlit) under the
influence of gravity, air resistance AND winds. So knowing which way the
wind blows is useful in searching for chunks!
Wayne
Maybe I will reveal my ignorance, but if a bolide lose its space velocity
does it cease to heat the air so that we see the fiery result and/or trail?
Would what is found on the earth be all of the bolide or how much would be
lost while it traveled through the air? Thanks.
Johnie
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