Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1130 16 1130-16-p033

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144 SMITHSONIAN computed decelerations. This accuracy varies remarkably from one meteor to another. 5. Ceplecha used the Rocket Panel at- mosphere, which now is known to be in error both in slope and in density values at meteoric heights. a 6. He found n by plotting a certain computed quantity versus log v... The theoret- ical slope of the expected straight line is 9-+-n. Even if the other strong causes of error were absent, the small value of n in comparison with 9 clearly makes his...