The Composition of the Y2K Meteor |
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| Authors: | SG Coulson |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF2 4YH, UK, 926 |
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| Abstract: | During the Leonid meteor shower of November 1999 a very bright meteor train, subsequently called the Y2K meteor, was observed.
Analysis of the trajectory of the meteor suggests that it was composed of two distinct materials. The bulk of the meteor was
composed of a comet-like material, while a much smaller fraction was of a denser carbonaceous material. A simple model is
used to analytically determine the mass of the meteor fragments.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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