(meteorobs) Re: Fireballs

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Subject: (meteorobs) Re: Fireballs
From: "Lew Gramer" <lew@upstreamdot net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:41:21 -0400
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Ed Majden wrote:

>I wish they would change the definition for "Fireballs".
>Just saying that a -4.0 magnitude meteor or brighter is
>a fireball is misleading.

Even more misleading, Ed, that -4 cutoff for "fireballs"
is not even universally recognized! I was trained to call
anything that was mag -3 or brighter a fireball...

I sure agree - and we've talked about it on this forum in
the past - that there is some pretty loose nomenclature in
use, when people talk about meteorites and bright meteors.

Clear skies,
Lew Gramer

-----Original Message-----
Bob:
    I wish they would change the definition for "Fireballs".  Just saying that
a -4.0 magnitude meteor or brighter is a fireball is misleading.  Meteor shower
fireballs should be in one category and meteorite dropping types should be in
another category.  Too bad it would be so difficult to come up with an
appropriate term for each but I guess to the general public they can look pretty
much the same.
Regards:
Ed

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