Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
Table 1 Peak height and peak electron densities due to micrometeoroids and meteoroids ablation at different velocities
Velocity 10 km/s | Velocity 18 km/s | Velocity 30 km/s | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source | Peak height (km) | Peak electron density(cm −3 ) | Peak height (km) | Peak electron density(cm −3 ) | Peak height (km) | Peak electron density(cm −3 ) |
Micrometeoroids | 105 | ~1.0 x 104 | 95 | ~3.5 x 105 | 90 | ~3.0 x 107 |
Meteoroids | 60 | ~1.0 x 101 | 75 | ~6.0 x 102 | 90 | ~5.0 x 104 |