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GRAPHIC INVESTIGATION OF A FIREBALL TRAJECTORY *
Author(s) -
HUZARSKI RICHARD G.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1954.tb01325.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , trajectory , geology , elevation (ballistics) , point (geometry) , geodesy , atmosphere (unit) , path (computing) , field (mathematics) , geometry , astrobiology , physics , computer science , meteorology , mathematics , astronomy , pure mathematics , programming language
This paper presents a projective graphic method for reconstructing from field observations made by laymen the trajectory of a meteorite thru the atmosphere. Given sufficient data, the method quickly produces the geographic coördinates and the elevation above sea‐level of both the beginning and the end point of the trajectory, the curvatures of the path of the meteorite in both the vertical and the horizontal planes, the point of impact with the Earth, and the mean velocity of the meteorite. The solution can be carried out fully under field conditions, and produces results of an accuracy commensurate with the accuracy of the original observations.