A meteorite hits the upper atmosphere at 3000 m/s, where the pressure is 0.1 atm and the temperature is -40°C. How hot does the air become right in front of the meteorite assuming no heat transfer in this adiabatic stagnation process?

A meteorite hits the upper atmosphere at 3000 m/s, where the pressure is 0.1 atm and the temperature is -40°C. How hot does the air become right in front of the meteorite assuming no heat transfer in this adiabatic stagnation process?

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In this problem, why is constant pressure specific heat not used to determine the temperature?

A meteorite hits the upper atmosphere at 3000 m/s, where the pressure is 0.1 atm and the temperature is -40°C.
How hot does the air become right in front of the meteorite assuming no heat transfer in this adiabatic stagnation
process?

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