WHITE, C. S. and BENSON, OTIS O. (editors) Physics and Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1952. See Chapter X, “Meteoritic Phenomena and Meteorites,” by F. L. Whipple, pp. 137-170; and Chapter XIX, “Meteoroids, Meteorites, and Hyperbolic Meteoritic Velocities,” by Lincoln LaPaz, pp. 352-393. Modern views on the meteorite velocity controversy.
METEORITE CRATERS
LAPAZ, LINCOLN. “The Craters on the Moon,” Scientific American, Vol. 181, No. 4 (1949), pp. 2-3. A popular exposition of the Bénard-Wasiutynski theory of the origin of the ordinary (nonrayed) craters on the moon.
SPENCER, L. J. “Meteorite Craters as Topographical Features on the Earth’s Surface,” Geographical Journal, Vol. 81 (1933), pp. 227-248. The classic paper on terrestrial meteorite craters.
METEORITIC DUST
BUDDHUE, J. D. Meteoritic Dust, The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1950. An account of the various techniques used in collecting and studying meteoritic dust; and also of the conclusions drawn from the study of such dust.
INDEX
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] [Z]
A achondrites, [126], [163], [178] Adelie Land stone, [78] Adrar iron, [38], [40] aerolites, [178], [179] see also, [stones, meteoritic] age of meteorites and/or craters, [50], [52] Aggie Creek iron, [76] Ahnighito iron, [36], [128] Algoma meteorite, [75] “Alley Oop’s shillelagh,” [126] [altitude], [88], [90], [105], [106] American Meteor Society, [116] American Museum of Natural History, [37] Anderson Township meteorites, [76] Andhâra stone, [147]-8 Andromeda, Great Spiral Nebula in, [2] Andromedid shower, [153] anthills, meteorites in, [128] anti-matter, [58]-60 Aouelloul crater, [65] appearance and disappearance of meteors, [86], [94], [106] applied science, [166] archeologists, [76], [150] areas of fall, [13]-4, [24], [26], [32], [89], [94], [159] armor plate, [167] asteroid belt and orbits, [160]-1 astronautics, [110], [168], [170]-6 ataxites, [120] Athens, multiple fireball over, [149] australites, [134], [140] azimuth, astronomical, [88]
B Bacubirito iron, [128] Bald Eagle iron, [76] ballistic potential, [171] Baxter stone, [73] Bear Lodge iron, [76] Beddgelert stone, [69]-70, [73], [168] bediasites, [136], [137] Belly River stone, [131] Benares meteorite, [156] Bendego iron, [128] Benld stone, [73] Benson, O. O., [179] Bethlehem stone, [73] betyls, [148], [150] Bible, meteorite mentioned in, [147] Bielid shower, [116] “blackfellows’ buttons,” [134] Black Stone of the Kaaba, [147] Boisse, A., [160], [163] bolides, [102], [151] Braunau iron, [73] Brenham craters and meteorites, [52], [65], [66], [78] Box Hole Station crater, [65] Bridgewater meteorite, [75] British Museum, [136], [158] Buddhue, J. D., [179]