A Numerical Approach to Study Ablation of Large Bolides: Application to Chelyabinsk

<div>Comparison of meteoroids having the same initial conditions (<i>m</i><sub>0</sub> = 1 g, <svg height="9.10848pt" id="M31" style="vertical-align:-3.291111pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -5.81737 10.8789 9.10848" width="10.8789pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M219 86C216 168 211 250 206 337C201 410 189 448 163 448C131 448 79 396 43 344L60 322C91 359 110 375 118 375S132 358 136 298C141 238 152 81 155 -12H182C242 62 331 177 390 258C435 321 451 360 451 391C450 424 432 448 408 448C390 448 372 435 366 419C362 410 362 401 366 394C373 383 376 367 376 350C376 283 262 138 221 86H219Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,5.811,3.132)"><path d="M245 635C92 635 37 457 37 312C37 149 91 -12 244 -12C395 -12 449 166 449 312C449 469 395 635 245 635ZM243 598C332 598 358 454 358 312C358 173 334 26 245 26C158 26 128 174 128 313S152 598 243 598Z"></path></g></svg> = 25 km/s) but different ablation coefficients.</div>

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Figure 4: A Numerical Approach to Study Ablation of Large Bolides: Application to Chelyabinsk 