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To: Jack Hydrazine

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

BOLIDE
A bolide is an extremely bright meteor that often explodes in the atmosphere. In astronomy, it refers to a fireball approximately as bright as the full moon, and it is generally considered a synonym of a fireball. In geology a bolide is a very large impactor.

One definition describes a bolide as a fireball reaching an apparent magnitude of -14 or brighter, which is brighter than the full moon.[2] Another definition describes a bolide as any generic large crater-forming impacting body whose composition (for example, whether it is a rocky or metallic asteroid, or an icy comet) is unknown.

SUPERBOLIDE
A superbolide is a bolide which reaches an apparent magnitude of -17 or brighter.[2][4] Recent examples of superbolides are the Sutter’s Mill meteorite and the Chelyabinsk meteor.


5 posted on 07/31/2015 8:26:07 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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11 posted on 07/31/2015 8:28:57 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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