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	Figure 1: The upper limit to the initial velocity as a function of radiant azimuth and zenith distance. Higher velocities would lead to Jupiter-crossing orbits. The plot is in polar coordinates. The cross indicates the nominal radiant of Brown et al. (2008).
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Figure 2: Dependencies of maximal dynamic pressure in MPa (squares), maximal fireball absolute magnitude (negative sign omitted, stars), crater diameter according to Eq. (1) (filled circles) and Eq. (2) (empty circles), and initial fireball energy in kT (crosses, scale on the right) on the radiant zenith distance  a), ablation coefficient  b), drag coefficient  c), initial velocity  d), and impact velocity  e). In each plot, one parameter varies and the other four are kept at their nominal values. The nominal values of each parameter are ,  s2 km-2, ,  km s-1,  km s-1.

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Figure 3: The maximal dynamic pressure and initial energy for a range of acceptable solutions. Separate plots are given for each value of the drag coefficient . Solutions with different impact velocities are indicated by different symbols: triangles for 2 km s-1, circles for 2.5 km s-1, squares for 3 km s-1, and crosses for 3.5 km s-1. For simplicity, only solutions for the zenith angle were included.

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In the text