• Title of article

    Wind effects on the entry of meteorites into the atmosphere of Venus

  • Author/Authors

    Cordero، نويسنده , , G and Mendoza، نويسنده , , B، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    345
  • To page
    352
  • Abstract
    We considered the effect of the wind on the entry of meteorites into the venusian atmosphere by solving the entry equations involving a term related with the wind drag. We found that the wind affects only the entry of iron meteorites with masses less than 109 kg and stone meteorites with masses less than 1011 kg. Since meteorites that produce craters on Venus have masses exceeding these limits we conclude that the effect of the wind is negligible in the processes of craterization of the surface of Venus.
  • Journal title
    PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
  • Serial Year
    1999
  • Journal title
    PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
  • Record number

    2308489