[meteorite-list] Bolide

[larrytwinkmonrad]

Does this

Wikipedia

definition clarify the issue?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolide

Regards, Larry Monrad


At 09:40 AM 11/20/2006, lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu wrote:
>However:
>
>The thing that makes a hole in the ground [like Meteor(!) Crater] is
>called a bolide. This avoid the issue of the hole being made by a
>meteoroid, meteorite, asteroid, or comet.
>
>Larry
>Meteorite magazine Co-Editor