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Q: Do meteorites fall all over the earth?
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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.


Where did meteorites landed?

Everywhere, all over the entire Earth. Of course, most meteorites are pretty small; pebble sized, not much longer. Big meteorites are pretty rare.


How are meteorites formed?


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.


What is the location of a meteorite?

Meteorites are meteors that fell to Earth. Therefore, all "meteorites" are on Earth someplace. Many of them are in museums, but some are available for purchase. And of course, there are still a great number of them laying all over the ground, if you could recognize them.


Where do meteorites occur?

Meteorites occur all over the world


What is the density of a stony iron meteorite?

Iron meteorites account for about 5% of all meteorites that fall to earth, they are likely to be either Kamacite or Taenite. The density of these minerals is 7.9 and 7.8-8.22 g/cm3 respectively.


All meteorites collected on Earth come from asteroids or comets?

False.


Are all meteorites magnetic?

Meteorites fall into two classes, stony and iron. There is a belt of meteoric material near Mars, from which many of our meteorites come. Perhaps the debris from a broken planet? The iron meteorites, in fact iron-nickel mixtures, are magnetic. the stony meteorites are not. Have a look for Bode's Law in a reference source.


WILL AN ASTEROID HITS THE EARTH?

Technically, if it hits the Earth it's not an "asteroid", it's a "meteorite". And yes, meteorites hit the Earth all the time.


What planet has craters made by meteorites?

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars all have impact craters.


Was it only the meteorites who killed the dinosaures?

Actually volcanos and meteorites killed the dinosaurs the crater hit Mexico and volcanos all over the world were the dinosaurs lived