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.


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    Title :

    Aerodynamic analysis of tektites and their parent bodies


    Additional title:

    NASA -- Tech Report


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    43 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Aerodynamic Analysis of Tektites and Their Parent Bodies

    E. W. Adams / R. M. Huffaker | NTIS | 1962


    AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF TEKTITES AND THEIR PARENT BODIES

    Adams, E. W. / Huffaker, R. M. | NTRS | 1963


    Aerodynamic analysis of tektites and their parent bodies

    Adams, E. W. / Huffaker, R. M. | NTRS | 1962



    Tektites

    Okeefe, J. A. | NTRS | 1967