| Issue |
A&A
Volume 367, Number 3, March I 2001
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 1056 - 1060 | |
| Section | Celestial mechanics and astrometry | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20000436 | |
| Published online | 15 March 2001 | |
Leonid electrophonic bursters
1
Campion College and Department of Physics, The University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S 0A2
2
Institute TeSRE -CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy e-mail: foschini@tesre.bo.cnr.it
Corresponding author: M. Beech, Martin.Beech@uregina.ca
Received:
4
October
2000
Accepted:
27
November
2000
We investigate the conditions under which Leonid meteoroids might generate short duration (burster) electrophonic sounds. A "first order" theory is employed to estimate the approximate electron number density in the meteoroid ablation column as a function of time. Using the threshold conditions discussed in an earlier communication (Beech & Foschini [CITE]) we find that Leonid meteoroids more massive than about 0.1 kg can potentially generate short duration electrophonic bursters.
Key words: meteors, meteoroids
© ESO, 2001
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