Meteor magnitudes and enduring trains

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Feb 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978obs....98....8b&link_type=abstract

The Observatory, vol. 98, Feb. 1978, p. 8-11.

Computer Science

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Atmospheric Chemistry, D Lines, Meteor Trails, Nightglow, Sodium Compounds, Atmospheric Radiation, Chemical Reactions, Electron Transitions, Emission Spectra, Magnitude, Meteoroids

Scientific paper

Using data associated with the sodium nightglow, it is possible to determine the minimum masses of meteoroids which might be expected to produce long-lived meteor trains. Such a procedure yields meteors having visual magnitudes in the range from -2 to -5, depending on velocity. Since such values are in good accord with observation, the procedure provides important evidence regarding the source of enduring-train luminosity.

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