Momentum of Meteoroids and Its Effect on the Earth's Atmosphere
Abstract
Recent studies have attributed certain properties of the Earth's atmosphere to excess orbita angular momentum of impinging meteoroids. A realistic analysis of meteor observations does not support the existence of this excess.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- March 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00651356
- Bibcode:
- 1977Ap&SS..47...31M
- Keywords:
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- Atmosphere;
- Angular Momentum;
- Realistic Analysis;
- Meteor Observation