IR observation of a persistent meteor train

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Aug 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980natur.286..582h&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 286, Aug. 7, 1980, p. 582, 583.

Computer Science

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Atmospheric Radiation, Infrared Imagery, Infrared Radiation, Meteor Trails, Oxygen Spectra, Reaction Kinetics, Television Cameras, Brightness, Light Emission, Sodium Compounds, Vibrational Spectra

Scientific paper

Infrared observations of a long-lived persistent meteor train are discussed. The train was observed with an image isocon television camera sensitive to radiation at wavelengths between 700 and 900 nm. The meteor which produced the train was observed to have a magnitude corrected to the zenith of about -6, at a range of 300 km and a velocity greater than 30 km/sec. The train which persisted after the passage of the meteor was estimated to lie at heights between 85 and 100 km moving eastwards across the field of view, with a peak emission rate of about 2 x 10 to the 17th photons/m per sec. It is suggested that the IR emission arises from the excitation of the molecular oxygen (b 1 Sigma g - X 3 Sigma g) atmospheric band by the sodium catalytic process.

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