Influx of large meteoroids onto Earth

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3116, Issue , 1997, Pages 132-141

  Ceplecha, Zdenek ^a  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Atmospheric interaction; Bolides; Comets; Earth's influx; Interplanetary bodies; Meteoroids; Meteors; Observational technics; Superbolides

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTS; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

ATMOSPHERIC INTERACTION; BOLIDES; COMETS; EARTH'S INFLUX; INTERPLANETARY BODIES; METEOROIDS; METEORS; OBSERVATIONAL TECHNICS; SUPERBOLIDES;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0342631415     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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