[meteorite-list] ANOTHER QUESTION

[Gerald Flaherty]

Unless you meant to include the adjective, MOST!!
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Jeff Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ANOTHER QUESTION


>A fireball is formally defined (by the IAU) as a meteor with an apparent
> magnitude brighter than -4. Bolide isn't formally defined, and happily
> its use seems to be falling out of favor in scientific publications (at
> least, I see it used much less often lately than in publications from 10
> years ago).
>
> Chris
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 12:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ANOTHER QUESTION
>
>
>> Hi Chris and all,
>>
>> I always thought 'fireball' was the technical term for a meteor with a
>> negative magnitude. Is this correct?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>
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