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Are some meteoroids rubble piles?

Are some meteoroids rubble piles?

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Are some meteoroids rubble piles?

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Are some meteoroids rubble piles?

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2015-08, Vol.10 (S318), p.80-85

Language

English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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The possibility that some meteoroids in the size range 1 – 20 meters are rubble piles i.e. assembles of boulders of various sizes held together only by small van der Waals forces, is investigated. Such meteoroids are expected to start disrupting into individual pieces during the atmospheric entry at very low dynamic pressures of ~ 25 Pa, even befor...

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Are some meteoroids rubble piles?

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1793269437

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1793269437

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ISSN

1743-9213

E-ISSN

1743-9221

DOI

10.1017/S174392131500873X

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