Statistical characteristics of data on meteoroids in the terrestrial atmosphere
| 1Chernogor, LF 1V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2018, 34(3):42-58 |
| https://doi.org/10.15407/kfnt2018.03.042 |
| Start Page: Dynamics and Physics of Solar System Bodies |
| Language: Russian |
Abstract: NASA satellite-based observations collected during 1994—2016 have been used to estimate the statistical characteristics of meteoroids in the 0.1 — 440 kilotons TNT kinetic energy range. The data on the celestial bodies entering the Earth's atmosphere were binned with regard to their initial kinetic energy, initial velocity, initial mass, altitude and geographic coordinates of maximum luminosity, and the year of entering the atmosphere, and the corresponding histograms have been computed and analyzed. The plots showing correlations between the mass — initial kinetic energy, altitude of maximum luminosity — initial kinetic energy pairs have been made and altitude of maximum luminosity — initial velocity (initial velocity square). |
| Keywords: fitted dependences, main parameters, meteoroids, statistical characteristics |
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