There are a number of papers out there which address modeling meteor
flight, both during ablation and dark phases. In fact, you can produce a
reasonably good estimate with nothing more than some basic physics and
an Excel spreadsheet. For more accurate analysis, you need to implement
a good
The simple answer is it depends on a lot of changing factors and
broadly ranging bounded assumptions. I can only share some of those
here to show why it is not a an easy answer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_coefficient
For one of those assumptions, you have to select amongst some drag
Ablation and incandescent flight typically end at about 3-4 km/s.
Chris
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On 3/7/2012 10:43 AM, Graham Ensor wrote:
Hi All,
I have been wondering lately if there have been calculations done on
the
the follow up to this question/answer I still wonder about is:
after dark flight begins, how many seconds will it take to completely
decelerate so that all forward momentum is lost after dark flight
starts.
for example: if the meteor goes dark at 4km/s how many seconds before
it will be at 0km/s
Thanks Chris...that gives me something to work with...It's one of
those questions I've wanted answering for a while now. Will be
interesting to see any advice on calculating the trajectory curve from
this?
Cheers,
Graham
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Chris Peterson c...@alumni.caltech.edu
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