Formation of parallel meteor trail pairs as associated with their buoyant rise

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-561

  Zinn, John ^a   Drummond, Jack ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Meteor; Model; Persistent train

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ASTROPHYSICS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIRGLOW; METEOR; PERSISTENT TRAIN;

METEORITES;

EID: 34248141709     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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