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A MARKED change in the slope of the period–time curves of Sputnik 2, Sputnik 3 and Sputnik 3 rocket has been reported, and from this it has been thought probable that the density of the air at a height of 220 km. increases considerably1 somewhere between lat. 35° N. and 28° N.
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King-Hele, D. G., and Walker, D. M. C., Nature, 182, 860 (1958).
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GROVES, G. Irregularities of Satellite Drag and Diurnal Variations in Density of the Air. Nature 182, 1533–1534 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821533b0
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