The aim of this booklet is to give the reader some idea of the present state of the science of meteors.

Translated from the Russian by G. Yankovsky

Designed by G. Dauman

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Contents

Introduction 5

1. The Science of Meteors—An Historical Survey 9
2. Modern Methods of Studying Meteors 17
3. Meteors in the Earth’s Atmosphere 29
4. Meteors in the Study of the Upper Atmosphere 39
5. Meteors and Interplanetary Travel 45
6. Collisions of Meteoroids with the Earth 50
7. Meteoric Matter in the Solar System 71
8. Meteor Streams 80
9. Meteors and Other Small Bodies of the Solar System 95
10. Processes of Evolution in the System of Small Bodies of the Solar System 111
11. Dust in Interstellar Space 121

Conclusion 125