Aerodynamic analysis of tektites and their parent bodies / by E.W. Adams and R.M. Huffaker.

Experiment and analysis indicate that the button-type australites were derived from glassy spheres which entered or re-entered the atmosphere as cold solid bodies; in case of average-size specimens, the entry direction was nearly horizontal and the entry speed between 6.5 and 11.2 km/sec. Terrestria...

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Main Author: Adams, E. W.
Corporate Authors: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Other Authors: Huffaker, R. M.
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962.
Edition:Advance copy.
Series:NASA technical report ; R-149.
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