We are safe.
There is a global rumor going around that it will hit in December 2012, they say it is the end of the Mayan Calendar and the end of the world.
Yes. A meteorite is a piece of rock or metal from space that has hit Earth's surface.
It is called a meteorite
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It is called a meteorite.
the earth would be destroyed
Yes but they hit us all the time anyway and doesn't mean one will come by that's big enough to harm us.
Rocks that hit the Earth's surface are called meteorites. When a meteoroid (a rock in space) survives its journey through the atmosphere and lands on the Earth's surface, it is referred to as a meteorite.
a meteorite hit the earth killing off the dinosaurs
When the meteorite hit Earth and killed the dinosaurs.
For the Earth, there are many theories, but the one that is accepted is that millions of years ago a meteorite hit the earth at an angle, causing it to tilt. It is also possible that the moon was formed by the debris that shot out of the earth when the meteorite hit it.