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Re: (meteorobs) Bolide booms
I was under the impression that the sound produced from a bolide was NOTHING
to do with the meteor itself, but a massive flux of energy travelling at the
speed of light which causes wire fences and other similar objects to
resonate violently, causing the "boom" sound often confused with a sonic
boom. I was told that sounds from the actual meteor were only heard several
minutes after the observation and were often undetectable by the human ear.
I learned this from a physics lecturer.
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