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Re: (meteorobs) Meteor trail diameter?



GeoZay@aol.com wrote:

> Some years ago, I once read that the diameter of the streak of light that we
> perceive as a meteor, is about a yard thick for a meteor of about +2
> magnitude. It also said something to the effect that a stony meteor of a foot
> in diameter would leave a trail about a hundred feet in diameter? I don't know
> where I read this at...does this sound familiar to anybody? Does anyone have a
> source that talks about the diameter of a meteor trail?
> George Zay

Dear George,
you can see this article:

W. Jones, Theory of the initial radius of meteor trails, MONTHLY NOTICES
OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 275, (1995), 812-818.


Greetings,

Luigi



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