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dark flight comparison table

Subject	has duration	is a kind of	has start time	has definition
meteor event		impact event		The event in a sequence of the events during the passage of a meteor. They are in order : incandescent flight fireball smoke trail meteoroid break up retardation point dark flight meteorite impact
dark flight	from the point of intial contact with atmosphere until the retardation point	meteor event	the point of intial contact with the atmosphere	phase in the flight of a meteor after the ratardation point when the meteoroid is no longer incandescent

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