In a message dated 3/23/00 5:22:36 PM EST, rhill@LPL.Arizona.EDU writes: << meteor - a streak of light caused by the fall of a meteorite. bolide - a meteor that explodes while in the air. >> At the risk of sounding tedious, under these definitions, a bolide would have to be a >meteoroid<, not a >meteor<, that explodes while in the air. Streaks of light don't explode.