Fireball flickering: The case for indirect measurement of meteoroid rotation rates

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 925-932

  Beech, Martin ^a   Brown, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0042329157     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(00)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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