NASA asteroid expert Don Yeomans, head of the agency's Near-Earth
Object Program Office, told SPACE.com that the object which exploded
over a thinly inhabited stretch of eastern Europe today was most likely
an _exploding fireball known as a bolide._
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/15/russian-meteor-explosion-not-caused-by-asteroid-flyby-nasa-scientist-says/#ixzz2L2J50GUM
Greetings all,
Looks like bolide is STILL a relevant term according to the NASA
expert! Also until a chemical analysis of the fallen material along
with a spectra of the asteroid that is near, we won't know for certain
if there is a connection. Lets wait until evidence is in.
--AL Mitterling
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