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Catastrophic bolide impacts on the Earth: Some estimates
- Source :
- American Journal of Physics. 74:789-793
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 2006.
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Abstract
- We analyze the impact of large high velocity bodies on the surface of the Earth and obtain estimates of the size of the crater. We show that the atmosphere does not stop large bolides and their mass loss and heating during entry in the atmosphere can be neglected. Fil: Gratton, Julio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física del Plasma. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física del Plasma; Argentina Fil: Perazzo, Carlos Alberto. Universidad Favaloro. Área de Investigación y Desarrollo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
- Subjects :
- Physics
Física de los Fluidos y Plasma
Meteoroid
Meteorite craters
Ciencias Físicas
High velocity
Entry
General Physics and Astronomy
Hypervelocity impact
Atmospheric sciences
Physics::Geophysics
Astrobiology
Atmosphere
Impact crater
Bolide
Asteroid
Physics::Space Physics
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Earth (classical element)
Cratering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19432909 and 00029505
- Volume :
- 74
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Physics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....91957db390c68acc70e88472ed6f97e0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2205880