The heliocentric distribution of the meteor bodies at the vicinity of the earth's orbit

Progress of Radar Observations of Meteors in Kazan (Russia) over the Last Sixty Years

“…In the following 15 years, this classical theory of meteor phenomena was refined and completed in the works of J. S. Greenhow, T. R. Kaiser and R. L. Closs, D. W. R. McKinley, and P. M. Millman. The Kazan researchers O. I. Belkovich, K. V. Kostylev, and V. S. Tokhtas'ev also made a contribution (Belkovich et al 1995;Andreev et al 1976). Specifically, after an extensive analysis of the reasons for a sharp break in the middle of the integral distribution of durations of meteor bursts, Belkovich and Tokhtas'ev concluded that other processes, aside from the well-known ambipolar diffusion, proceed within the plasma of meteor trails that accelerate their dissipation.…”