The phrase "atmosphere friction" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning.
It could be used in contexts discussing the effects of atmospheric conditions on objects, such as in physics or aerodynamics.
Example: "The atmosphere friction experienced by the spacecraft during re-entry was significant, affecting its speed and trajectory."
Alternatives: "aerodynamic drag" or "air resistance".
As a meteoroid travels through the atmosphere, friction heats it up, creating a glowing trail of hot ionized gases (plasma) called a meteor.
As they plunged through the atmosphere, friction on the craft's forward-facing heat shield slowed its speed from 17,398mph (28,000kph) to 514mph (827kph) and raised the temperature to 1,600C.
"Fireballs occur when small — basketball-sized or Volkswagen-sized — asteroids enter the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrate from the atmospheric friction," Yeomans said in an email.
As already mentioned, most simply burn up in the atmosphere, while the smaller number that survive the plunge to the surface have their velocities slowed drastically by atmospheric friction.
It would need to leave Earth's atmosphere because otherwise it could melt through air friction".
The goal is to hit atmosphere dense enough to slow the spacecraft but not so thick that it overheats the craft's solar panel through increased atmospheric friction.
When one of them strikes the Earth's upper atmosphere, about 50 to 80 miles up (80 to 130 km), air friction vaporizes it in quick, white-hot streak. .
The most notable exceptions occur in low latitudes, where the Coriolis parameter becomes very small equation (1) cannot be used to provide a reliable wind estimate and in the lowest kilometre of the atmosphere, where friction becomes important.
Before people started making such a mess, the number of dust particles orbiting earth was tiny, since they would have been dragged quickly into the atmosphere by friction and burnt up.
Tribochemical effects in relation to the nature of the surrounding atmosphere during friction tests are presented.
