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Re: (meteorobs) Fw: continuum emission in meteor spectra
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden@home.com>
To: <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 7:40 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Fw: continuum emission in meteor spectra
> To Jiri Borovicka: Can you explain the faint continuum radiation found in
some
> meteor spectra? McKinley's book. (1961), suggests this is in part caused
by
> a certain amount of continuous thermal radiation. Others suggest
unresolved
> molecular bands or lines. What is the current explanation for this.
>
> From: Jiri Borovicka: Both explanations are correct. There are faint
molecular
> bands in meteor spectra but they cannot explain everything. Some thermal
> radiation is present as well. I was surprised to find thermal continuum
also in
> my video spectra. I do not know the details how it is produced.
I am surprised at Jiri's surprise. Would we not expect to see at least some
thermal continuum in the visible radiation from a hot meteor, even though it
is surrounded by excited gaseous atoms and ions? Maybe I don't fully
understand what a video spectrum is.
Paul O. Johnson
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