Velocity Distribution of Sporadic Meteors

Nature ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 169 (4310) ◽  
pp. 962-962 ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Almond ◽  
J. G. Davies ◽  
A. C. B. Lovell

1951 ◽  
Vol 111 (6) ◽  
pp. 585-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Almond ◽  
J. G. Davies ◽  
A. C. B. Lovell

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 737-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Murad ◽  
C. Roth

Abstract. Recent measurements conducted at the Arecibo Observatory report high-speed sporadic meteors having velocities near 50 km/s. The results seem to indicate a bimodal velocity distribution in the sporadic meteors (maxima at ~20 km/s and ~50 km/s). The particles have a maximum mass of ~1µg. This paper will present an analysis of the ablation of 1µg meteoroids having velocities of 20, 30, 50, and 70 km/s. The calculations show that there is fractionation even for the fast meteoroids, the effect being particularly noticeable for the 1µg sporadic particles, and less so for the heavier particles. The relevance of the calculations to the radar observations of the sporadic meteors will be discussed.


2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 6721-6732 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Murad ◽  
C. Roth

Abstract. Recent measurements conducted at the Arecibo Observatory report high-speed sporadic meteors having velocities near 50 km/s. The results seem to indicate a bimodal velocity distribution in the sporadic meteors (maxima at ~20 km/s and ~50 km/s). The particles have a maximum mass of ~1 μg. This paper will present an analysis of the ablation of 1 μg meteoroids having velocities of 20, 30, 50, and 70 km/s. The calculations show that there is fractionation even for the fast meteoroids, the effect being particularly noticeable for the 1 μg sporadic particles, and less so for the heavier particles. The relevance of the calculations to the radar observations of the sporadic meteors will be discussed.


1999 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
L. Neslušan

AbstractComets are created in the cool, dense regions of interstellar clouds. These macroscopic bodies take place in the collapse of protostar cloud as mechanically moving bodies in contrast to the gas and miscroscopic dust holding the laws of hydrodynamics. In the presented contribution, there is given an evidence concerning the Solar system comets: if the velocity distribution of comets before the collapse was similar to that in the Oort cloud at the present, then the comets remained at large cloud-centric distances. Hence, the comets in the solar Oort cloud represent a relict of the nebular stage of the Solar system.


2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANK CHAMBERS ◽  
ABDEL AL-SARKHI ◽  
SHENGHONG YAO

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