[meteorite-list] Meteorites 101
From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:18:25 -0500 Message-ID: <AF45D53D-6B0E-4561-8119-5EDDAD8492D1_at_gmail.com> 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" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> 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" <suenrod at yahoo.com> > To: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Count Deiro" <countdeiro at earthlink.net> > 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 > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sat 15 Jan 2011 08:18:25 PM PST |
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