In their usage, a bolide is a large asteroid or comet that actually impacts the surface and creates a crater.
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Occasionally, larger chunks enter the atmosphere to produce bolides _ fireballs _ that leave luminous trails sometimes persisting for several minutes.
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The observatory is also a member of the European bolide network and it has been developing its own TV meteor detection grid.
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The effector is the latest version of the Saab Bofors Dynamics RBS 70 surface-to-air missile, called Bolide.
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The ejecta from volcanoes and bolide impacts create useful markers, as different volcanic eruptions and impacts produce beds with distinctive compositions.
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Goodrich said that, because Garcia heard the boom shortly after seeing the explosion, he believes the bolide was closer than most.
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A meteor bright enough to cast shadows is called a fireball; one that blows itself to bits is known as a bolide.
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Skyward it would have first been seen as a strip of fire that turned into a fireball before culminating in a pyrotechnic bolide.
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The authors stated that they remained skeptical of the bolide impact hypothesis as the cause of the Younger Dryas and the megafaunal extinction.
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He also was a writer about bobsleigh, writing a book " Bolides des glace ( bobsleigh ) " in 1944.
