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Spectral Analysis of Four Meteors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Gale A. Harvey
Gale A. Harvey*
Affiliation:
Langley Research Center, NASA Hampton, Virginia

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Four meteor spectra from the NASA LRC Faint Meteor Spectra Patrol are analyzed for chemical composition and radiative processes. The chemical compositions of the Taurid, Geminid, and Perseid meteors were found to be similar to that of a typical stony meteorite. The chemical composition of the sporadic meteor was found to be similar to that of a nickel-iron meteorite. The radiation from optical meteors (+ 1 to —10 absolute photographic magnitude) was found to be similar to that of a low-temperature gas, except that strong, anomalous ionic radiation is superposed on the neutral radiation in bright (< — 3 mag), fast meteors.

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Research Article
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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 13: Evolutionary and Physical Properties of Meteoroids , June 1971 , pp. 103 - 129
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Copyright © NASA 1971

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