The Moŕavka meteorite fall: 4. Meteoroid dynamics and fragmentation in the atmosphere

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1023-1043

  Borovicka J ^a   Kalenda, P ^b  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CoalExp ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CHONDRITE; FRAGMENTATION; METEORITE; TRAJECTORY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 17044442594     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00296.x     Document Type: Article

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