Thermal explosions of meteoroids in the Earth atmosphere

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Nov 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001esasp.495..351k&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2001 Conference, 6 - 10 August 2001, Kiruna, Sweden. Ed.: Barbara Warmbein. ESA SP-495, Noordw

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Meteoroids, Earth Atmosphere, Explosions

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Based on a data analysis about bright flashes of large meteoroids in a terrestrial atmosphere we come to a conclusion, that such thermal explosion happen at the height of maximum deceleration. Such assumption confirms also explosion of Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet in atmosphere of Jove. In this area on a small interval of altitudes (significant less than latitude of a homogeneous atmosphere, therefore explosion can be considered as the point one) the loss of energy by a body on deceleration surpasses energy, which is indispensable for a full evaporation of whole body. At the same time, achievement by a meteoroid of the altitude of maximum deceleration is condition indispensable, but not sufficient that there was a thermal explosion. It is known the meteoroids, which reach the altitude of maximum deceleration, but explosion does not happen.

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