Talk:Chesapeake Bay impact crater
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[edit] Bolide?
Why is the term "bolide" being used in this article in opposition to the much more familiar term "asteroid"? --Cyde Weys 09:05, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- I think Bollide is used because no one is quite sure what the object was. It was completely vaporised on impact, so we can't be sure whether it was an asteroid or comet. Other articles on impacts use the term impacting body", or "impactor" if the objects identity isn't known. --Planetary 18:38, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Besides which "asteroid" would not be the proper term either, as that refers to a small(ish) rocky body in space. Bolide is a generic term for a space-borne object crashing to Earth. --Jquarry 22:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- the term extraterrestrial bolide is redundant, if folks wish to know what a bolide is they can click the link. If there are no objections I will remove extraterrestrial from the summary.--Kent Witham 08:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- Besides which "asteroid" would not be the proper term either, as that refers to a small(ish) rocky body in space. Bolide is a generic term for a space-borne object crashing to Earth. --Jquarry 22:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Still the largest in US?
After updating Beaverhead crater based on newer research, I'm not sure if the Chesapeake Bay crater can continue claiming to be the largest impact crater in the US. The size of Beaverhead is now estimated to be 75 to 150 km (contrary to older data in the Earth Impact Database), with 100 km often cited. Once source explicitly said that Beaverhead is the largest in the US. Can someone check me on this. Might want to add a weasel word to the intro. --GregU 00:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- I put it in a note. --Wetman 01:21, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
