PEAK ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY TEMPERATURES OF MICROMETEORITES

Authors
LOVE SG BROWNLEE DE
Citation
Sg. Love et De. Brownlee, PEAK ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY TEMPERATURES OF MICROMETEORITES, Meteoritics, 29(1), 1994, pp. 69-70
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Meteoritics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00261114
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
69 - 70
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-1114(1994)29:1<69:PAETOM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We present numerical calculations of the peak temperatures experienced by micrometeorites during atmospheric entry. Results are given for pa rticle diameters between 2 and 50 mu m and for entry velocities betwee n 10 and 25 km/s. A material density of 2 g/cm(3) and an entry angle o f 45 degrees are used for the calculation, but the results presented h ere tan be easily reinterpreted for other densities and for vertical e ntry.