Observing meteors by creating artificial luminous clouds in the Earth's atmosphere
Abstract
The article provides a preliminary theoretical assessment of the possibility of using a new method of observing meteors in the Earth's atmosphere using artificial luminous clouds. When meteors hit such clouds formed by a substance with an ionization potential several times lower than the ionization potential of atmospheric gases, the cloud reagent is rapidly ionized due to the thermal and impact effects of the meteor body, which leads to an increase in the luminosity of meteor tracks. It is assumed that this effect will increase the brightness of weak meteors, which are on the threshold of detection by modern TV cameras. This will make it possible to conduct studies of meteors and meteor showers that were previously available only by radar observation methods.
- Publication:
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INASAN Science Reports
- Pub Date:
- October 2021
- DOI:
- 10.51194/INASAN.2021.6.2.004
- Bibcode:
- 2021INASR...6...52L
- Keywords:
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- meteors;
- artificial luminous cloud;
- the ionization of atmospheric gases