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Re: (meteorobs) Re: March 9th, 2000, Arkansas fireball
I was just speaking meteorites in general and not of any specific ones.
While average meteorites, hitting ground, aren't considered being hot
and starting fires on the ground, I was pondering that surely there is
a small chance of some of them being able to cause sparks and possibly
fires with the energy of the impact. Peekskill meteorite hitting an
oil refinery should have had a good chance of such outcome.
markku
Roger Haler wrote:
>
> May I inquire as to which fireball is in reference here. I see two replies
> and do not know which one I am reading??
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
> >KevTK@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > The fact that it did not ignite the car was because the stone was not
> > > burning. BTW Peekskill is about 125 miles north of NYC.
> > >
> >
> > But isn't there still the impact energy. And hitting on a car and
> >crashing it should produce few sparks that could ignate the car. Or
> >striking on an another rock on the ground could produce sparks.
> >
> >markku
> >
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