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Re: (meteorobs) Starting Fires

We had a very good discussion about hot or cold meteorites back in Feb. 
1999 when I posted an account of a "hot" meteorite fall in 1885 in Mexico 
in three posts. I happen to have this old 1887 Century magazine that had 
the story and thought the folks would enjoy my posting the eye-witness 
account of a meteorite fall that almost hit a person. I wasn't prepared for 
the adverse reaction to my posts, hot meteorites are not an option within 
the profession and near professional meteor society. I, however, tend to 
place more credence in the eye-witness reporting of the common man than 
theories generated thousands of miles away and generations removed from 
the accounts given. This puts me at odds with most of the old-timers on 
meteorobs, who take an uncompromising stance. In general it is believed 
that little or no heating of the core happens due to ablation, the removal of 
the outter surface of meteors and meteorites from friction with the 
atmosphere and if heating occurs, the entire meteorite cools during the  
miles long fall to the surface. It's a good argument and for most meteorites 
I believe it prevails, but in order to maintain this theory all reports of 
"hot" falls for ordinary meteorites must be ignored, discounted and 
minimized with a wink and a nod, but they keep coming so I feel that some 
meteorites are hot when they hit the Earth even if most professionals do 
not.  The account is good reading and ALSO happens to say something about 
sound but maybe not electrophonics but similar in sound.

 http://www.tiacdot net/users/lewkaren/meteorobs/msg12415.html
 and
  http://www.tiacdot net/users/lewkaren/meteorobs/msg12426.html
 and
  http://www.tiacdot net/users/lewkaren/meteorobs/msg12430.html

 or follow the entire discussion under Biela Comet Iron Meteorite 1885 at
  http://www.tiacdot net/users/lewkaren/meteor/mailist-02-1999.html
     at about half way down, about twenty or so posts.   Dave English

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