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bolide::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fireball |
| Type of | meteor, shooting star |
Examples of bolide
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A close-up image of the Bejar bolide, photographed from Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain.
From the sciencedaily.com
A bolide is a single, very bright meteor which explodes.
From the telegraph.co.uk
At the same time a professional photographer took a picture of the bolide from the north of Madrid.
From the sciencedaily.com
If the Bejar bolide was formed in this way, then it confirms the glue model for at least some comets.
From the sciencedaily.com
Researchers are inclined to believe that the Earth came into collision with a large bolide at that time.
From the sciencedaily.com
Despite all the hype, the link between a bolide impact and the extinction of the dinosaurs is not proven.
From the newscientist.com
Charles Officer and Charles Drake amongst others have tried hard to disprove the bolide impact theory.
From the newscientist.com
Starr described the object as a bolide, a term used by astronomers to describe a meteor with an exploding brightness.
From the dailyherald.com
For the Swedish guided missile BOLIDE, see RBS 70.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. ...
- RBS 70 (Robotsystem 70) is a Swedish MANPADS designed for combat in all climate zones and with little to no support from other forces. It uses the RB 70 missile which is also in use in a number of other Swedish missile systems.
- Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth; An extremely bright meteor; A fireball
- A very bright meteor which fragments or explodes. Sounds of the explosion can be heard if the observe is close enough.
- A term sometimes used to describe bright meteors which break up.
- A term used to describe an exceptionally bright meteor. Bolides typically will produce a sonic boom.
- Is a fireball. A large brilliant meteor that explodes.
- A meteor, asteroid or comet that hits the Earth (or other planet) and explodes.
