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Re: (meteorobs) Re: March 9th, 2000, Arkansas fireball
Meteorites are not hot enough to ignite a fire when they reach the ground.
om,
-joshua
KevTK@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/15/00 8:27:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> bolidechaser@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << > For whatever it's worth, this page has photos of the
> > "impact site" of
> > the March 9th fireball:
> > >>
>
> I looked the site over and I see a big nothing.
> All the photos show is the remnants of a brush fire (as a pro I've seen
> hundreds). 200ft. from my observing site here in SI there just was a brush
> fire - anybody want photos? :) The "crater" he shot could be simply the
> holes caused by the boots of all the firefighters that was in the area
> putting the fire out. The tracks could be the apparatus of the arriving
> units. Even his timetable makes no sense, (quoting here):
> 8:00PM - someone sees a fireball
> 9:00 - 10:00PM - someone reports his house shook
> 11:30PM - a fire is reported
>
> PLUS, the big point is that a meteorite landing will not start a fire. The
> Peekskill meteorite went thru a car - why didn't the car ignite? A student
> watch and filmed a meteorite land in Japan (I have the video) that one never
> started a fire either. There have been NO reported fires by a meteorite that
> I can find - EVER. Didn't happen in Arkansas either.
>
> Kevin K
>
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