Video observations, atmospheric path, orbit and fragmentation record of the fall of the Peekskill meteorite

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 395-404

  Ceplecha, Z ^a   Brown, P ^b   Hawkes, R L ^c   Wetherill, G ^d   Beech, M ^b   Mossman, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth grazing; Fireball; Meteorite fall; Orbit; Peekskill; Trajectory; Video records

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICS; METEOROIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK; PHYSICS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ATMOSPHERIC PATH; FRAGMENTATION RECORD; METEORITE FALL 1992; PEEKSKILL METEORITE;

USA, NEW YORK, PEEKSKILL;

EID: 0029657731     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00117543     Document Type: Article

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