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The large influx of micrometeorites in the earth's atmosphere may be responsible for the production of ionization in amounts comparable to those needed in the E region at night and in some types of sporadic-E irregularities. The problem is reconsidered, and the ionization resulting from neutral-neutral collisions of the ambient gas induced by the meteoroid is calculated.
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Giorgio Fiocco (1967) studied this question.
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