Drive you mad!

Heres a post some of you might find good reading. Its about the fireball over austrila. People are trying to make out that a fireball and a meteor are the same thing.
Martin being Martinastro and myself being Lightning strike



www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/th...id=25859&start=1

Heres a post some of you might find good reading. Its about the fireball over austrila. People are trying to make out that a fireball and a meteor are the same thing. Martin and myself and trying to explain but to there knewledge its no use Martin being Martinastro and myself being Lightning strike. feel free join and post some words into these people lol

Conor,

I think perhaps both you and Martin are a bit confused yourselves and confusing others on that forum. A fireball is a bright meteor with luminosity which equals or exceeds that of the brightest planets. What PaulKn said was quite correct, i.e a fireball is just a bright meteor yet you misinterpreted his comments. This is what he said:

"PaulKn: So essentially you are agreeing with me! A fireball is a bright meteor, which is what I said in the first place!"

and this is what you said:

"Lightning Strike: No, i do not agree with your because your wrong. A meteor is NOT a fireball. A fireball is much larger than a meteor. They may be made of the same thing but it doesnt make sense to say a meteor is the same as a fireball"

As you can see, you juxtaposed his words. Because of luminosity, most meteors are not fireballs but all fireballs are indeed meteors.

Gordon

Gordon. We are confused, we think we know what were talking about here and to say that were confused about something so simple in a subject which we are very highly into is quite an insult .What do you mean by saying 'you juxtaposed his words'
He was making out that he could say that what he saw on that video was a meteor, which is incorrect. It was a fireball! Of course i know fireballs and meteors are the same things in certain ways. He said a meteor and a fireball was the same thing which is wrong. If you saw a particle brighter than -4 it's a fireball not a meteor. Though they may be made of the same material but there still different!

www.answers.com/fireball&r=67

As Gordon said, a fireball is a meteor so if someone claimed they saw a fireball, they could equally say they saw a meteor. Describing it as a fireball is simply a means of describing the brightness of the meteor.
It's a bit like saying "I saw a car" and saying "I saw a Renault Megane".

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It's a bit like saying "I saw a car" and saying "I saw a Renault Megane".

I don't like those cars Mike... :lol:

If it is a meteor(i dont agree) why was there a term fireball made for then? It doesnt come down to a choice of whether you want to call it a meteor of a fireball it automatically becomes a fireball after -4 mag