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Atmospheric variations and meteorite production on Mars

Through a combination of aerobraking (drag deceleration) and ablation, meteoroids which enter planetary atmospheres may be slowed sufficiently to soft-land as meteorites. Results of an earlier study suggest that the current 6 mbar atmosphere of Mars is sufficient to aerobrake significant numbers of...

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Published in:Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) N.Y. 1962), 2006-10, Vol.184 (2), p.424-435
Main Authors: Chappelow, John E., Sharpton, Virgil L.
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Language:English
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Summary:Through a combination of aerobraking (drag deceleration) and ablation, meteoroids which enter planetary atmospheres may be slowed sufficiently to soft-land as meteorites. Results of an earlier study suggest that the current 6 mbar atmosphere of Mars is sufficient to aerobrake significant numbers of small (
ISSN:0019-1035
1090-2643
DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.013