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The Polar Coördinate Number of a Meteoritic Fall *
Author(s) -
Leonard Frederick C.
Publication year - 1949
Publication title -
contributions of the meteoritical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2805
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1949.tb00093.x
Subject(s) - polar , variety (cybernetics) , coordination number , astrobiology , mathematics , physics , astronomy , statistics , ion , quantum mechanics
The polar coördinate number (PCN) of a meteoritic fall is defined and compared with the previously introduced coördinate number, now called, for distinction, the equatorial coördinate number (ECN). Each variety of number has its own peculiar advantages, which are briefly discussed.