[meteorite-list] Meteorites 101

From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:58:31 EST
Message-ID: <87c33.235439c9.3a639cb7_at_aol.com>

>>Bolide is a term that it's good to avoid. It doesn't mean anything... or
rather, it means too many different things. "Fireball" unambiguously means
a
meteor of a specific apparent brightness. "Bolide" is simply confusing.<<



I usually think of a fireball as a meteor with a magnitude brighter than
-3. I also sometimes think of a Bolide as being a fireball that has produced
a sonic boom as well.
GeoZay
Received on Sat 15 Jan 2011 07:58:31 PM PST