The rate of small impacts on Earth
@article{Bland2006TheRO, title={The rate of small impacts on Earth}, author={Philip A. Bland and Natalya A. Artemieva}, journal={Meteoritics \& Planetary Science}, year={2006}, volume={41} }
Abstract— Asteroids tens to hundreds of meters in diameter constitute the most immediate impact hazard to human populations, yet the rate at which they arrive at Earth's surface is poorly known. Astronomic observations are still incomplete in this size range; impactors are subjected to disruption in Earth's atmosphere, and unlike the Moon, small craters on Earth are rapidly eroded. In this paper, we first model the atmospheric behavior of iron and stony bodies over the mass range 1–1012 kg…
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