Origin of Tektites
- 29 March 1963
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 139 (3561) , 1288-1290
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.139.3561.1288
Abstract
A comet of the size recently postulated by H. C. Urey would leave a large crater. It is shown, from aerodynamic theory, from observations of distribution around terrestrial impact craters, and from experimental nuclear explosions, that the observed distribution of tektites cannot be the result of impact on the earth, whether cometary or meteoritic. It is further shown, from aerodynamic theory, from observation of a meteor shower, and from study of the breakup of artificial satellites, that the distribution of tektites can be accounted for as a result of fusion stripping of a satellite, as originally suggested by Suess.Keywords
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