Can a meteor hit earth

Anonymous

∙ 8y ago

Updated: 11/10/2020

Yes, astronomers estimate that between 36 and 166 meteorites larger than 10 grams fall to Earth per million square kilometres every year. Over the whole surface area of Earth, that translates to 18,000 to 84,000 meteorites bigger than 10 grams per year.

Wiki User

∙ 8y ago

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Where did the latest meteor hit the earth?

A meteor hit the Earth in the Ural mountains of Russia, near the city of Chelyabinsk, in February 2013.

What type of meteor hit earth?

The ones that hit the earth are called meteorites.

What is a meteor called when it hit earth?

It is called a meteorite.

Fragment that enters the earths atmosphere but does not hit earth?

Meteor. Meteorites are the ones that do hit Earth.

Will the meteor that kill the dinosaurs kill us too?

No, because that meteor already hit the earth.

A meteor that has hit the earth?

Once it hits the Earth, we call the pieces "meteorites".

What collided with earth in the mesozoic era?

A meteor hit the earth in the mesozic era

What two objects have been hit by a meteor?

The earth and moon.

Why did dinosaurs get exstinked?

A Meteor hit the earth and destroyed everything

What did the musk look like after the meteor hit the earth?

smokey

Was our moon affected in any way when the meteor that killed the dinosaurs hit the Earth?

no proof of what happened, but if it was a meteor, parts could have hit off onto the moon.

How where dinos extinct?

Dinosaurs were extinct due to a meteor that hit the earth.