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Interesting. From the picture, and the path length of 320 km we can estimate that the meteoroid impacted at a very shallow angle. Assuming that clouds only form
by yk 14y ago
Interesting. From the picture, and the path length of 320 km we can estimate that the meteoroid impacted at a very shallow angle. Assuming that clouds only form below 50 km, then we get an upper limit on this angle of ~10 degrees.
asin(50./320.)
I wonder if some of the videos is complete enough as to calculate the speed.
- SiVal 14y agoUnless I'm misunderstanding your calculation, it seems that you are thinking the meteor trail was cloud (water droplets). It was probably smoke (dust and gas) being sheared off the meteor by ultra-high-speeds collisions with atmospheric gas molecules.
- yk 14y agoYes, I think dust from the meteror would look a lot darker. ( Actually I belive that dust provides the condensation seeds for the clouds.)