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Record 1 1985-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Planets
CONT

Rarely, a meteorite has sufficient stability in flight, through symmetry or perhaps through sufficient rotational energy, to maintain one orientation; then ablation tends to shape it into a blunt cone, and an oriented stone will usually escape fragmentation ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Planètes
CONT

(...) parmi les fragments [de météorites], il s'en trouve un dont le centre de gravité est convenablement placé, il ne bascule pas pendant son trajet à travers l'atmosphère terrestre, et il présente toujours la même face en avant. (...) ce sont là les caractéristiques des météorites dites orientées.

Spanish

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