1. As the command module entered the atmosphere tipped backwards so its heat shield was protecting the crew, the same effect happened. 2. Atmospheric entry of the bolide A cosmic object entering the atmosphere loses its kinetic energy through Deceleration and ablation. 3. Many of the known asteroids are small enough to blow up on entering the atmosphere. 4. The first views came when the robot had already entered the atmosphere, and had discarded its protective shell. 5. Boslough estimated that the object may have been approximately the size of a car when it entered the atmosphere. 6. By slowing the quantity of carbon entering the atmosphere, the little salamander and other predators are unwittingly balancing the effect of factories and automobiles. 7. Dried weeds and grasses have smaller pollen that can enter the atmosphere in large amounts. 8. Gutierrez said mercury also can enter the atmosphere from volcanoes or factory smokestakes, then fall to earth with rain. 9. If the capsule enters the atmosphere at an angle steeper than eight degrees, the jolt and heat may destroy it. 10. On entering the atmosphere, the chunks heat up, glow and leave a trail of hot gases. |