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METEORITIC DUST FROM THE GEMINID SHOWER OF 1949 *
Author(s) -
Buddhue John Davis
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1955.tb01361.x
Subject(s) - shower , geology , meteorite , meteoroid , astrobiology , chondrite , geochemistry , mineralogy , astrophysics , physics , nozzle , thermodynamics
A single slide, exposed 1949 December 14–15, captured 477 probably meteoritic spherules, of which 326 were black, 139 were siliceous, and 12 looked metallic. A few showed pits or dimples. The curve showing the relation between number and diameter is similar to those obtained previously.