Thermal explosions of cometary nuclei in the Earth's atmosphere
It is shown that the meteoroid explosion over the Mediterranean is likely generated by a comet body, the initial mass equal to about 7·10^8 g. This follows from certain authors of [12] flare energy equal to 26 kilotons of TNT. The authors suggest that this energy refers to the height of maximum dece...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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National Aviation University
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Вісник Астрономічної школи |
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| Online Access: | http://astro.nau.edu.ua/issues/2011_V.7_Iss.2/Kruchinenko_et_al.html |