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Granting the high level of speculation involved, but with any frequency wouldn't these sorts of things be quite the wildfire hazard? Or is the impact and subseq
by evoxed 14y ago
Granting the high level of speculation involved, but with any frequency wouldn't these sorts of things be quite the wildfire hazard? Or is the impact and subsequent disintegration and boring of the object negate any heat/fire? Yes, I'm clueless.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoSure, but relative to the risk of wildfire due to lightning these sorts of events contribute only a tiny amount.
- ars 14y agoSee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongu_meteor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongu_meteor But that one was something like 100 to 1000 times larger.
- WettowelReactor 14y agoThey dont have enough heat to start fires generally. They are cold from their travel through space and the outer layer that does heat up on reentry tends to ablate leaving a core that is cold to warm on impact.