The Moŕavka meteorite fall: 3. Meteoroid initial size, history, structure, and composition

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1005-1021

  Borovicka J ^a   Weber, H W ^b   Jopek, T ^c   Jakes P ^d   Randa, Z ^e   Brown, P G ^f   ReVelle, D O ^g   Kalenda, P ^h   Schultz, L ^b   Kucera, J ^e   Haloda, J ^d   Tycova P ^d   Fryda J ⁱ   Brandstatter F ^j  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h CoalExP ^*  (Czech Republic)

ⁱ CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^j NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; DATING METHOD; MASS; METEORITE; ORBIT DETERMINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4243230835     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00295.x     Document Type: Article

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