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Scientific paper
Mar 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982metic..17...31h&link_type=abstract
Meteoritics, vol. 17, Mar. 31, 1982, p. 31-46.
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Earth Surface, Gravitational Effects, Meteorites, Solar Orbits, Statistical Analysis, Annual Variations, Diurnal Variations, Latitude, Orbital Elements, Meteorites, Orbits, Distribution, Rates, Gravity Effects, Data, Earth, Statistical Analysis, Diurnal Variations, Latitude, Seasonal Variations, Meteorite Falls
Scientific paper
An adopted distribution of 20 orbits is used to determine relative meteorite fall rates over the earth's surface, taking account of important gravitational effects, and the resulting data are used to study the expected variation in fall rates as a function of daylight, twilight or night conditions, time of day, season, and geographic latitude. It is found that fall rates have a deep minimum near the area of the earth that faces its apex, while there is a broad maximum on the opposite side, facing the antapex. Minimum rates occur near 6 hour local time, and another broad maximum obtains from noon to midnight. Rates are highest near the beginning of spring for both hemispheres, and lowest near the start of autumn. There is a moderate rate decline with increasing latitude, and existing meteorite camera networks observe nightly fall rates close to the average rate for the entire earth surface over the course of a year.
Griffin Allan
Halliday Ian
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