Abstract
IT is a well-known fact that a bright meteor may leave in its path a faint enduring luminosity termed the persistent train. In the past, no photographic evidence as to the nature of this luminescence has been secured.
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MILLMAN, P. Spectrum of a Meteor Train. Nature 165, 1013–1014 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/1651013a0
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