Re: Extinction

[Joseph Daniel <jdaniel@aristotle.net>]

Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> 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.

At the risk of sounding tedious, it would be >a meteorite<, not a >meteoroid<
since it has to actually enter the atmosphere to explode in air. Meteoroids were
defined as not entering the atmosphere.