Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967

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\begin{array}{l} 1 \text{ mi.} = 1.60935 \times 10^5 \text{ cm} = 1.60935 \text{ km} \\ \text{u. mi.} = \end{array}
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GT-4

Height a relve,
20s. - F. Reach

Regardless of their height, meteors fall between 40 and 60 miles in the earth's atmosphere. Bright meteors are seen about 40 miles, large flares often as low as 20 miles or so.

The area height throughout the path is greater for fainter meteors & for those with high velocity. Actually the height objects are longer and go further before they are turned up, often traveling rather slowly for several hundred miles. The

p. 206 shooting stars

White "They were about 1/2 to 1/3 as high as the jupiters when Ceres was. "

McD - oh yes - never saw one above us.