Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1986
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(Astronomicheskii Vestnik, vol. 19, Oct.-Dec. 1985, p. 331-336) Solar System Research (ISSN 0038-0946), vol. 19, no. 4, April 19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Earth Orbits, Meteoroid Concentration, Meteoroid Dust Clouds, Meteoroid Showers, Comets, Hyperbolic Functions
Scientific paper
A model is defined for the distribution of meteor material in space. Most meteors, having masses no more than one gram, are assumed to be cometary material, boiled from the surface by solar radiation. Planetary perturbations eventually disturb the shapes and paths of elliptical swarms which form around the cometary nuclei and are dragged backward and distorted in the tails. All meteor material is assumed to originate in the solar system. The distribution of the particles is shown to converge asymptotically to a Tsipfa-Patero distribution, i.e., a hyperbolic intensity distribution affected by concentration and dispersion factors. The distribution is non-gaussian, and is valid only for complex systems, and in the case of the meteor swarms, must be validated experimentally.
Kashcheev B. L.
Voloshchuk Iu. I.
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