See I always thought bolide was a a large fireball that fragmented. Is it safe to say only bolides become meteorites?
So the scale of bigness: meteor, fireball, bolide, super bolide. Super bolides are the ones shaking homes and >=-24 magnitude. Great distraction after a terrible defeat by the squeelers. Congrats mike. On Jan 15, 2011, at 7:53 PM, "Chris Peterson" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > Chris > > ***************************************** > Chris L Peterson > Cloudbait Observatory > http://www.cloudbait.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Chastain" <[email protected]> > To: "Walter Branch" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; "Count Deiro" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:12 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101 > > > Thanks for the definition. > Let's see if I have this straight.... > > Meteoroid = in space > > Meteor = The act of the previous meteoroid entering the atmosphere and > producing light. > > Meteorite = Meteoroid, now meteor, that landed and becomes a meteorite. > > Let me muddy the waters a bit more:-) > Where does the term Bolide figure in as compared to a fireball? > I haven't found a good description of the difference. > > Rod > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
