Physical and dynamical studies of meteors

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Jun 1974

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Special Progress Report, 1 Feb. - 30 Nov. 1973 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Fragmentation, Meteoroid Showers, Radar Tracking, Coefficients, Luminosity, Space Density

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Distribution of meteors in streams detected in the synoptic-year meteor sample plus a study of the fragmentation characteristics of the synoptic-year meteor sample are presented. Population coefficients and dispersion coefficients were determined for each meteor stream. These two parameters serve to determine the number of definite members of the stream in the sample used, and to estimate the actual space density of meteor streams. From results of the fragmentation study, it appears that the main body of most radar meteors does not ablate fragments layer by layer, but collapses rather suddenly under dynamic pressures on the order of 0,0002 dynes/cm. Furthermore, it is believed that fragmentation does not cause a serious selection effect in the radar meteor data.

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