A quantitative model for the ablation of dustball meteors

Details A quantitative model for the ablation of dustball meteors A quantitative model for the ablation of dustball meteors

Nov 1975

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 173, Nov. 1975, p. 339-356. Research supported by the National Research

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Ablation, Astronomical Models, Interplanetary Dust, Meteoroid Dust Clouds, Ablative Materials, Graphs (Charts), Light Curve, Radiative Transfer

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A quantitative model for the ablation of dustball meteors is presented. The model assumes meteoric bodies are composed of grains held together by a lower boiling point 'glue'. Once the boiling point of the 'glue' is reached grains are detached. Light is assumed to be produced only by detached grains. For meteors fainter than about +5 magnitude, the grains are detached above the radiation ceiling, and the heights of such meteors are mass independent. For brighter meteors, grain detachment and ablation occur simultaneously and the model predicts approximately classical light curves.

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