Yes Halley's comet struck Arizona over 63 million years ago and is believed to have caused the extinction of dinosaurs.
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No, not a meteor shower. The dinosaurs became extinct after a meteor struck the earth which blocked out the sun and killed much of the vegetataion that the dinosaurs used for food.
No. Thousands of meteors hit the earth every year. In a typical year there are between 18,000 and 80,000 meteorites of 10 grams or more, which strike earth.
The surface of the Earth can be changed by resulting from outer space, like from a meteor strike.
A meteor does not produce light, a shadow on the Earth is caused when the meteor blocks the Sun's rays. The meteor does this when it is placed in between the Sun and the Earth, this is called an eclipse.
There has been debate over which meteor strike was actually the largest. The largest known strike was actually the event that created the moon and which gave the earth it's rotation. This occurred during the early days of our solar system, but the largest known existing strike zone (Which is also believed to be the strike that killed the dinosaurs) is knows plainly as Meteor Crater. The meteor was named 'Meteor'.
A metoer strike forms when many meteors are striking the Earth.
A meteor strike earth
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The surface of the Earth can be changed by resulting from outer space, like from a meteor strike.
The surface of the Earth can be changed by resulting from outer space, like from a meteor strike.
The surface of the Earth can be changed by resulting from outer space, like from a meteor strike.
The surface of the Earth can be changed by resulting from outer space, like from a meteor strike.
No, not a meteor shower. The dinosaurs became extinct after a meteor struck the earth which blocked out the sun and killed much of the vegetataion that the dinosaurs used for food.
Probably about 4.6 billion years ago.
No. Thousands of meteors hit the earth every year. In a typical year there are between 18,000 and 80,000 meteorites of 10 grams or more, which strike earth.
As a rock is falling through the atmosphere, it is a meteor. When it hits the earths surface, it is a meteoroid.