Comments on: How high up are meteors when they begin to glow? http://earthsky.org/space/at-what-altitude-do-meteors-become-incandescent A Clear Voice for Science Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce McClure http://earthsky.org/space/at-what-altitude-do-meteors-become-incandescent/comment-page-1#comment-566277 Bruce McClure Fri, 06 May 2011 10:58:47 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=1425#comment-566277 Dave, Meteors can fly in any number of directions. However, if you trace the paths of the Eta Aquarid meteors backward, they seem to radiate from a point in front of the constellation Aquarius. For more, here's a link to our May 4 program at http://earthsky.org/tonight/star-hop-to-the-radiant-of-the-eta-aquarids Bruce Dave,

Meteors can fly in any number of directions. However, if you trace the paths of the Eta Aquarid meteors backward, they seem to radiate from a point in front of the constellation Aquarius. For more, here’s a link to our May 4 program at http://earthsky.org/tonight/star-hop-to-the-radiant-of-the-eta-aquarids

Bruce

]]> By: Dave Drost http://earthsky.org/space/at-what-altitude-do-meteors-become-incandescent/comment-page-1#comment-566168 Dave Drost Fri, 06 May 2011 01:45:20 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=1425#comment-566168 Can you tell me how one will know what direction a meteor will come into the atmosphere? Can you tell me how one will know what direction a meteor will come into the atmosphere?

]]> By: Eight Miles High | A Field Perspective on Engineering http://earthsky.org/space/at-what-altitude-do-meteors-become-incandescent/comment-page-1#comment-378731 Eight Miles High | A Field Perspective on Engineering Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:23:45 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=1425#comment-378731 [...] tend to glow and burn up between 40 and 70 miles up, depending on their arrival speed and the angle they hit the atmosphere at.   The ozone layer, which protects us from ultraviolet [...] [...] tend to glow and burn up between 40 and 70 miles up, depending on their arrival speed and the angle they hit the atmosphere at.   The ozone layer, which protects us from ultraviolet [...]

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