Smoke trail
Strikingly split smoke trail from the Chelyabinsk meteor
Smoke trail of the Sikhote-Alin (meteorite) on a painting by Pyotr I Medvedev as a motif of a Soviet commemorative stamp.
Smoke trail at the start of a space shuttle
As smoke trail visible residues are in the atmosphere indicated that remain at missile launch. Likewise, larger meteoroids leave traces of smoke when they enter the Earth's air envelope, which are then also called meteor clouds . In contrast to contrails , traces of smoke penetrate the layers of air up to heights that aircraft cannot reach. Within a few minutes, high-altitude winds deform such smoke trails into bizarre, jagged clouds that can later often appear circular and intertwined, as can be seen, for example, in images of the smoke trail of the asteroid 2008 TC3 . During the fire meteor of October 13, 2009 , the development of the smoke trail was documented exceptionally well by many photographs from different angles.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2008 TC3 on the trail - Astronomy Picture of the Day of November 8, 2008.
- ↑ Meteorwolke, AKM forum, contribution by Maciej Libert ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 25, 2009
- ^ Meteorwolke, Lutz Worch.Retrieved December 25, 2009
- ↑ Meteor Cloud, Video from North Sea Cat.Retrieved December 25, 2009
- ↑ Meteorwolke, Folkert Saueressig ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 25, 2009
swell
- ERFM (meteor cloud). Retrieved December 27, 2009
Web links
- Kosmologs.de “And yet a photo: News from the asteroid crash over Sudan”. Accessed on December 27, 2009