Re: Hearing Meteors?

From: cryofan (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2001 - 05:54:00 MST


On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:00:51 +0100 (MET), you wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Spike Jones wrote:
>
>> Seriously, I dont see how a meteor could be heard, for they would
>
>Apparently it's an RF effect, and hence almost instant.

There have been many reports of people hearing shooting stars, but I
have seen rebuttals by scientists.

The RF idea is new to me; I can see the meteor generating RF noise,
but how does the human ear hear RF noise? Nearby radio/TV?



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