Published December 1978
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Journal article
The effect of rotation on the initial radius of meteor trains
Creators
- 1. University of Western Ontario, London (Canada). Dept. of Physics
Description
It is proposed that the observed variation of the initial radius of meteor trains with height is largely the result of the rapid rotation (approximately 5 x 103 rad/s) of the meteoroids which causes considerable spreading of the meteoroid grains in the interval between grain release and the onset of intensive vaporization. This is shown to be consistent with the empirical data relating to the collision of the meteoroids in interplanetary space. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
- Journal Volume
- 185
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
- Journal Page Range
- 727-734
- ISSN
- 0035-8711
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 10434897
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ABLATION; ANGULAR VELOCITY; COLLISIONS; DIAGRAMS; EROSION; EVAPORATION; EXPANSION; GRAPHS; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; ISOLATED VALUES; LEVELS; LIFETIME; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES; ROTATION; THEORETICAL DATA; VISIBLE RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DATA; DATA FORMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; RADIATIONS; SIZE; SPACE; VELOCITY