Research Article

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

Table 1

Comparison of the ablation coefficients for various meteor cases from the JVB catalog.

Meteor IDJacchia (s2·km−2)This study (s2·km−2)

J68820.08120.075
J69590.03310.0382
J72160.05010.079
J89450.03540.036
J90300.05490.0542
J71610.03540.0381