. "A bolide (French from the Greek \u03B2\u03BF\u03BB\u03AF\u03C2 bolis, \"missile\" or \"to flash\") is an extremely bright meteor that often explodes in the atmosphere. In astronomy, it refers to a fireball approximately as bright as the full moon, and it is generally considered a synonym of a fireball. In geology a bolide is a very large impactor.One definition describes a bolide as a fireball reaching an apparent magnitude of \u221214 or brighter, which is more than twice as bright as the full moon."@en . . . .