[meteorite-list] Meteorites 101

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>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