Experiment and analysis indicate that button type australites were derived from glassy spheres which entered or reentered atmosphere as cold solid bodies; in case of average size specimens, entry direction was nearly horizontal and entry speed between 6.5 and 11.2 km/sec; terrestrial origin of such spheres is impossible because of extremely high deceleration rates at low altitudes.
Aerodynamic analysis of tektites and their parent bodies
NASA -- Tech Report
1962
43 pages
Report
English
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Aerodynamic Analysis of Tektites and Their Parent Bodies
| NTIS | 1962
AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF TEKTITES AND THEIR PARENT BODIES
| NTRS | 1963
Aerodynamic analysis of tektites and their parent bodies
| NTRS | 1962
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