steve,<br />You are not talking with a first grader, man. If things were so simple, I wouldn't be asking them. Look, here is the definition of a meteor:<br /><br />"a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode "<br /><br />OK?<br /><br />In the meteor case, the air heats up as well as the meteor itself, from the friction. As the air heats up, it burns and emits light.<br /><br /><br /><br />In temple1's case, there is no air friction. We have things moving quickly, yes, but the conversion from kinetic energy to light is not straightforward. <br /><br />Maybe I'm not expressing my question correctly. No need to answer, I'll keep digging and will update you if I find something.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />arit<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <span style="font-size:6pt;color:#009999;font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:6pt;color:#009999"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#009999;font-family:'CourierNew'"><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#009999;font-family:'CourierNew'">"We will either find a way, or make one!" - Hannibal<br /> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#009999;font-family:'CourierNew'"><br /></span></strong></p></span></strong></strong></font></span></span> </div>