An Electro-Optical Survey of Meteoroid Bulk Density: Evidence for Widespread Radial Mixing in the Early Solar Nebula
Abstract
Based on precise observations of 92 meteors, we have estimated bulk densities of meteoroids. We find that Jupiter family comet-type meteoroids have chondritic-like bulk densities, while many asteroidal-type meteoroids are nearly pure iron.
- Publication:
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43rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012LPI....43.1576B