(meteorobs) Tumbling meteoroids? Tumbling meteors?

[David Entwistle]

In message <4E594B73.8020409 at heliotown.com>, Thomas Ashcraft 
<ashcraft at heliotown.com> writes
>Questions:
>
>Are meteoroids generally tumbling in space?
>
>When a meteoroid/meteor enters into the Earth's atmosphere can the
>atmosphere or ionosphere itself cause any tumbling?
>
>Thomas in New Mexico
>

Hi Thomas,

Opik covers rotation in "Physics of Meteor Flight in the Atmosphere". My 
copy dates from 1958, so there'll probably have been more recent work, 
but it's still a good start. I have forwarded a scan of the relevant 
pages directly to you.

Best wishes,
-- 
David Entwistle