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(meteorobs) Bolide booms
>From MSNBC, 6 December 1999 (via CCNET) said
>Scientists say, despite the loud boom which followed Sunday=92s bright=20
>light, more than likely nothing ever hit the ground. National Weather=20>
>Service expert Kevin Pence says shooting stars are a lot like what we=20
>see and hear in a thunderstorm.
>"You know, the lightening first, and then the rapid explosion or=20
>expansion of a channel of air, creates sound waves," said Pence.
Is this right? This seems plausible, but I'd assumed that the loud
noises reported were sonic booms, .
David
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