Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jan 1962
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1962nasa.rept.....a&link_type=abstract
Technical Report, NASA-TR-R-149
Computer Science
Design Analysis, Tektites, Aerodynamic Heating, Ablation, Aerodynamic Characteristics, Australites, Chemical Composition, Glass, Meteoritic Composition, Earth Atmosphere
Scientific paper
Experiment and analysis indicate that the button-type australites were sderived from glassy spheres which entered or re-entered the atmosphere sas cold solid bodies; in case of average-size specimens, the entry sdirection was nearly horizontal and the entry speed between 6.5 and 11.2 skm/sec. Terrestrial origin of such spheres is impossible because of sextremely high deceleration rates at low altitudes. The limited sextension of the strewn fields rules out extraterrestrial origin of sclusters of such spheres because of stability considerations for sclusters in space. However, tektites may have been released as liquid sdroplets from glassy parent bodies ablating in the atmosphere of the searth. The australites then have skipped together with the parent body sin order to re-enter as cold spheres. Terrestrial origin of a parent sbody would require an extremely violent natural event. Ablation analysis sshows that fusion of opaque siliceous stone into glass by aerodynamic sheating is impossible.
Adams Ernst W.
Huffaker Robert M.
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