The mass and speed dependence of meteor air plasma temperatures

Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-94

  Jenniskens, Peter ^a   Laux, Christophe O ^b,c   Wilson, Michael A ^d   Schaller, Emily L ^d,e  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteors; Multiphase medium; Origin of life; Plasma temperatures; Prebiotic molecules

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; METEOROIDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2342652111     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110704773600258     Document Type: Article

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