Quasicontinuous Fragmentation of Meteorites
Abstract
Equations for calculating the luminuous intensity curves and estimating the deceleration and other characteristics of meteors produced by meteorites experiencing quasicontinuous fragmentation are derived. Comparison with observation data shows that all the basic observed characteristics of photographic meteors can be adequately explained within the framework of the model of quasi-continuous fragmentation of compact stone meteorites with an effective fragmentation energy of 1.6 x 10 to the 10th erg/g and a fragment mass of 0.00001-0.0001 g.
- Publication:
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Astronomicheskii Vestnik
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981AVest..15...36L
- Keywords:
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- Fragmentation;
- Luminous Intensity;
- Meteorites;
- Stony Meteorites;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Deceleration;
- Density Distribution;
- Meteor Trails;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration;
- METEORITES;
- FRAGMENTATION;
- COMPARISONS;
- CHARACTERISTICS;
- ENERGY;
- DENSITY;
- MATHEMATICAL MODELS;
- STONE METEORITES;
- MASS;
- LUMINOSITY;
- INTENSITY;
- DATA;
- ACCELERATION;
- THEORETICAL STUDIES;
- PARAMETERS;
- VAPORIZATION;
- ATMOSPHERE;
- PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS;
- RADIO TELESCOPES;
- Meteorites