>Rich wrote: > >> Item from local paper today about a piece of metal striking a >> car in a local parking lot. According to the FAA it did not >> come from a plane. > > > http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771016037 I thought that small re-entering objects usually reach the ground cold. After the short "burn-up" period which would heat the thin meat-hook object greatly, wouldn't subsequent travel through tens or hundreds of miles of sub-freezing air actually convectively cool the thin object to below freezing? I seem to remember this sort of discussion elsewhere with small meteorites. Has anyone read about any nearby exploding butcher shop? Are they missing a meat-hook? Enough OT for me, -Tyler ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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