Question: Mr Buddha, if you dropped a raw steak into a place where it would enter the Earths atmosphere, would it be cooked on entry?
It is possible for a raw steak to be cooked by entering the Earth's atmosphere, but it is not guaranteed. The steak would need to enter the atmosphere at a high enough speed and at a steep enough angle in order to heat up enough to cook. The exact speed and angle required would depend on the mass and shape of the steak. When an object enters the atmosphere, it experiences a rapid increase in pressure and temperature due to adiabatic compression. This is the same process that causes meteorites to heat up and glow as they enter the atmosphere. The steak would also experience this process, and if it entered the atmosphere at a high enough speed, the temperature would rise high enough to cook it. However, there are a few factors that could prevent the steak from cooking. First, the steak would need to be exposed to the atmosphere for a sufficient amount of time in order to heat up. If it entered the atmosphere at a very steep angle, it would only spend a short amount of time in the atm...