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The breakup of a meteoroid during its descent through the atmosphere generally occurs at altitudes between 12 – 40 km and the respective fragmentation dynamics are controlled by the mass and the yield strength of the material. Disruption of the meteoroid occurs when the dynamic loading exceeds the tensile strength of the material. The latter depends on the type of material: stony meteoroids are usually weaker than stony-iron, which in turn are weaker than iron meteoroids (Bland and Artemieva 2006).
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Buhl, S., McColl, D. (2015). ATMOSPHERIC BREAKUP. In: Henbury Craters and Meteorites. GeoGuide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03955-8_9
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