>>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 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
