Modern Meteor Science
Modern Meteor Science

Author: Robert Hawkes

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-08-18

Total Pages: 707

ISBN-13: 1402050755

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This volume contains leading edge research and authoritative reviews in meteor science. It provides a comprehensive view of meteoroid research including the dynamics, sources and distribution of these bodies. Techniques for investigation of meteor phenomena in the book include conventional and large aperture radar systems, spacecraft detection, optical systems, spectral measurements, and laboratory based interplanetary dust particle studies.

Physics of Meteor Flight in the Atmosphere
Physics of Meteor Flight in the Atmosphere

Author: Ernst Julius Opik

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2004-08-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780486438856

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This volume by an astrophysics pioneer concerns the phenomena occurring during the flight of meteors through the terrestrial atmosphere. Beginning with a historical view of the study of meteor activity, the text examines atmospheric conditions and the classification and physico-chemical properties of meteors. Also includes meteoroid energy transfer, ablation, atomic collisions, and meteor radiation.