Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
A theoretical model of the radiating metallic gas produced about an iron meteor entering the earth's atmosphere is discussed. Numerical results are presented for a 0.1 cm diameter iron meteor traveling at 15 km/sec at an altitude of 100 km above the earth. It is shown that collisions between the expanding iron gas and the air molecules produce a radiating gas shell a few meters thick which is located many meters ahead of the meteor core. Temperature, pressure, and density distributions are presented as functions of radial distance and angle for several initial meteor conditions.
Keywords:
SPACE SCIENCES
Type:
AIAA PAPER 72-204
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 17, 1972 - Jan 19, 1972; San Diego, CA
Format:
text
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