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Re: bolide and a fireball
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- Subject: Re: bolide and a fireball
- From: GeoZay@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 08:46:36 EDT
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In a message dated 99-09-11 08:07:13 EDT, you write:
me<<
>I don't see any reason why bolide shouldn't be used to denote the
exceptional noise making fireballs.<<
phil>> I do!
You can get two people standing a few hundred metres apart and, because of
the way sound bounces around, one may hear the object while the other will
not. To one it is a bright fireball, to the other it is a "bolide". That
defeats the whole object of providing a "definition" which is to give one
meaning to a word.<<
good point phil....You've easily swayed me.
geozay
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