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METEOR LIGHT‐CURVES AND TRAIN PRODUCTION *
Author(s) -
Bergh Sidney van den
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1956.tb01372.x
Subject(s) - meteor (satellite) , meteoroid , light curve , physics , geology , astronomy
Abstract It is found that two distinct groups of sporadic meteors exist: class I meteors, which are train‐producing and have irregular light‐curves, and class R meteors, which have regular light‐curves and are non‐train‐producing.