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Yes, space rocks can be very dangerous to earth especially when they are close to us.
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Why do rocks from space not strike us on earth?
if the earth did not have an atmosphere, than many rocks from space would have striked the earth's surface by now.
What space objects are made of chunks of rock?
Comets and asteroids are made of chunks of space rocks and dust. Meteorites are space rocks that are captured by the earth's gravity and fall to earth.
What objects in outer space can hit earth and cause major damage to earth?
Some objects in outer space that can damage the earth could be the following: Asteroids Sun Particles Rocks from other planets Space bombs Fire Other objects flying around in space
What are rocks from space that strike earth's surface?
Meteorites.
What are rocks from outer space that bombarded the earth during formation of oceans?
Comets are the rocks that hit the earth during formation of oceans...
Meteors are rocks from outer space that?
Meteors are rocks from outer space that strike the Earth's atmosphere and are heated to incandescence (glowing heat) by friction. Most are completely vaporized, but some do fall to Earth.
What most likely danger of debris left in Earth's orbit?
collision with space craft orbiting the Earth
What is most likely danger of debris left in earth's orbit?
collision with space craft orbiting the Earth
How many space rocks have hit the earth?
Space rocks will have colided with the earth before Homo-Sapians exsisted so it is, unfortunatly, impossible to calculate. But it's happening all the time ... small ones, that is.
How do meteors hit earth?
There's nothing special about it; they are just falling rocks. Of course, they are rocks that fall FROM SPACE, and the Earth is just sort of "in the way" as the rocks are falling around the Sun.
What happens to all the space debris and is there a danger from it?
A lot of the debris close to earth will end up coming back to the planet eventually, most of it will burn up in the atmosphere. It's not really dangerous to us on earth, but will present some danger to things in space, particularly close to the earth as more space debris accumulates.
Does a geologist study rocks oceans viruses or space?
A geologist studies rocks, among other things related to the earth.
