The effect of rotation on the initial radius of meteor trains
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- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 185 (4) , 727-734
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/185.4.727
Abstract
We propose that the observed variation of the initial radius of meteor trains with height is largely the result of the rapid rotation (∼ 5 × 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.Keywords
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