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-More meteorites reach the surface of the moon than the Earth Why?
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Most of the meteorites which reach Earth burn up as they enter Earth's atmosphere due the heat caused by friction. The moon has no atmosphere.
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Why do meteorites reach the surface of the Moon then the surface of the Earth?
More reach the surface of the moon because there is no atmosphere to heat and burn them up.
Many more meteorites reach the surface of the moon because?
They're trajectory brings them too close to the moon, and its gravitational pull gets ahold of them.
What are the meteors sand meteorites?
meteorites-larger chunks that land on earth's surface are called ''meteorites''meteors-at certain times,we see more meteors than usual and they appear as a ''showers''
Does the surface of moon and earth both have craters?
yes. there are more craters on the moon because no atmosphere protects it from meteors or meteorites, but both the moon and the earth have craters
Why do more meteorites hit moon?
Do they? I don't believe this is known. I have not been able to find any real estimate for the numbers of meteorites hitting the Moon or the Earth so a comparison is kind of unwarranted.However, I would expect more meteorites to hit the Moon than the Earth *per unit surface area* because the Moon has very little atmosphere. A lot of meteors hit the Earth's atmosphere without ever reaching the Earth's surface because they burn up in the air. The Moon has no such protective covering and so will be hit by all the meteors that head its way.
As the amount of ozone in the stratosphere decreases what happens?
more ultraviolet light is able to reach Earth's surface. (:
How do you spell meator?
Here are the possibilities:meter - the Anglicized spelling of metre, an SI unit of length(word also used for poetry and for measuring devices)meteor - solid bodies of space debris that enter the Earth's atmosphere(when they reach the Earth's surface, they are called meteorites)meeter - one who meets someonemeatier - (adjective) containing more meat or meat flavor
Are there meteorites on mars?
Yes. The thin atmosphere of Mars and low rates of weathering means that there are probably more intact meteorites on Mars than on Earth.
How many meteorites hit Mexico in 1997?
More than 100,000 meteorites fall to Earth every day. Providing the exact number is all but impossible, as most meteorites have the size of a grain of salt and very few -- if any -- are more than a couple of centimeters/inches of diameter. This means most of them are barely noticeable. However, some extrapolations can be made: if every day 100,000 meteorites fall to Earth, for the sake of simplicity, we could infer that all of them fall homogeneously to the ground. With that in mind, Mexico represents approximately 1% of the planet's surface, so every day 1,000 meteorites would fall through Mexico's air space. This means in turn, that some 365,000 meteorites fall to Mexico every year.
How does atmosphere protect inhabitants on earths surface?
Besides providing oxygen to breathe, the atmosphere protects us from ultraviolet radiation (thanks to the ozone layer), meteors and meteorites (which burn up from the friction), and excesses of heat and cold (by spreading the sun's heat more or less equally around the Earth, and insulating us from the worst of it).
Do more meteorites fall in antarctica?
No. Meteorites fall at the same rate over all places on Earth. However, meteorites are easier to find in Antarctica as they are easy to spot on top of the ice sheet. In most other places meteorites don't stand out much and are easily mistaken for ordinary rocks.
Why would meteorites be gathered from a sheet of ice easily?
Meteorites fall to earth in many locations, including Antarctica. In hunting meteorites in Antarctica, which takes place during the summer months when there are no sunsets, the meteorites (composed mostly of iron) retain heat and may, therefore, be located more easily in an ice sheet. However, in some areas the meteorites are mixed with moraine and other rocks, so identifying them can be more difficult. Read more, below.
