Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Planetary science

Intermediate impact factors

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

No statistical documentation of objects of a certain size that enter Earth's atmosphere has hitherto been available. Analysis of data from US government satellites has bridged the gap.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: Shooting stars.

AP (main image); J. W. YOUNG (TMO, JPL, NASA) (inset)

References

  1. Brown, P., Spalding, R. E., ReVelle, D. O., Tagliaferri, E. & Worden, S. P. Nature 420, 294–296 (2002).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Ceplecha, Z. et al. Space Sci. Rev. 84, 327–471 (1998).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Stokes, G. H. et al. Icarus 148, 21–28 (2000).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Laurance, M. R. & Brownlee, D. E. Nature 323, 136–138 (1986).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Stuart, J. S. Science 294, 1691–1693 (2001).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Lewis, J. S. Comet and Asteroid Impact Hazards on a Populated Earth: Computer Modeling (Academic, San Diego, 2000).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Rabinowitz, D. L. Astrophys. J. 407, 412–427 (1993).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Williams, D. R. & Wetherill, G. W. Icarus 107, 117–128 (1994).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E University Boulevard, Tucson, 85721-0092, Arizona, USA

    Robert Jedicke

Authors
  1. Robert Jedicke
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Robert Jedicke.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Jedicke, R. Intermediate impact factors. Nature 420, 273–274 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420273a

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/420273a

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation