Light Flashes Caused by Leonid Meteoroid Impacts on the Lunar Surface

In November 1999, light flashes were recorded on the Moon at the peak of the Leonid stream activity. It is likely that they were produced by the impacts of the stream particles on the lunar surface. In the present work the impacts of cometary particles are studied by solving a two-dimensional radiat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inSolar system research Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 177 - 180
Main Authors Artem'eva, N A, Kosarev, I B, Nemtchinov, I V, Trubetskaya, I A, Shuvalov, V V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Nature B.V 01.05.2001
Subjects
Moon
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:In November 1999, light flashes were recorded on the Moon at the peak of the Leonid stream activity. It is likely that they were produced by the impacts of the stream particles on the lunar surface. In the present work the impacts of cometary particles are studied by solving a two-dimensional radiative-gasdynamic problem for particles of different sizes and densities; the flux of radiation of postimpact hot gas and plasma is calculated, and the luminous efficiencies are estimated, as are the sizes of the particles which could produce the observed flashes.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0038-0946
1608-3423
DOI:10.1023/A:1010408903446