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incandescent flight comparison table

Subject	is an instance of	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
incandescent flight	meteor event	from the point of intial contact with atmosphere until the retardation point		the point of intial contact with the atmosphere	phase in the flight of a meteor before the ratardation point when the meteoroid is producing its own incandescent light

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