Symbols

SYLLECTA CLASSICA 17 (2006) 47 SYMBOLS an object that can be classified as a comet with some certainty. an object that may or may not be a comet. N a report by a possible eyewitness. * ** *** possible corroborating, non-European source 1 (*), 2 (**), 3 (***), etc. ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY The names of Classical authors and their works are abbreviated as in the Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed. (1996) or in the Oxford Latin Dictionary or Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon, when not in the OCD. AU (astronomical unit) approximately the average distance between the sun and earth (c. 92,956,000 mi.). B Barrett (1978) the number (B1, B2, etc.) referring to the corresponding record in his collection of 62 numbered objects. Bolide (fireball) bright meteor ranging in magnitude from that of Venus when daylight visible (-4) to occasionally many times the brightness and size of the full moon (-12.7). Often the passage of these objects is accompanied by a loud boom (see Object 9a, 91 B.C.). The term bolide is generally ap- ...