Very little, apart from giving a few people some good reason to go searching in unpopulated areas.
They have also added to our knowledge of the early solar system and also the composition of Mars in the early stages of formation.
I suppose in a *very* small way they have added to the mass of the Earth - possibly a couple of tons per year, but we have "ejected" far more than that back into space.
That depends on the size of the meteorite, and where it hit. Generally, nothing; the average meteorite explodes in the atmosphere and small pieces fall harmlessly to the ground. And since the Earth is 3/4 water, about 3/4 of all meteorites hit the water and sink.
However, a large meteorite hitting land would probably cause a crater similar to the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona. A large meteorite hitting in the oceans might cause a tsunami. A large asteroid or comet may have struck the Indian ocean about 5000 years ago, giving us the legends of Noah's Great Flood and the Gilgamesh epic.
REALLY large meteorites might crack the crust of the Earth, causing magma from the Earth's mantle to be released.
Here's an average meteorite; it created a hole in the roof of a doctor's office. See the link below.
A meteor will NEVER impact the Earth. The few that do impact Earth are called meteorites and pose no threat what so ever - bar maybe a broken window or a small depression on the ground. If hit by one, then it could be serious, but as for the Earth, it has survived bombardments so severe, that walking outside would be like you had walked into WWIII.
The Earth is not affected by meteors. Like water off of a ducks back.
First when a meteor explodes it sends of gases. Eventually it will make the Earth hotter. If there is enought meteors it can melt glazzers, and if that happens the sea level will go up. This question was easy, I mean I'm in 7th grade and I can answer this question. =) Lol jk, but maybe you should just look things up in a science book or at the library.
A meteor shower does not intefere with the moonlight. In fact, moonlight interferes with meteor showers. When it is a moonlit night and very bright and there is a meteor shower, it is harder to see the meteors than it is on a darker night.
A good meteor shower is fantastic to watch. It is one of nature's fireworks displays. They can be fun to watch, trying to see as many as you can. While you are waiting for another meteor, you also get a chance to admire the wonders of the night sky, which is interesting in itself.
The only meteors on the moon are ones which have collided with the moons surface and left meteor craters.
This does not effect the earth or how we live.
However, it does show that in the past hundreds of very large meteors have collided with the moons surface and that gives us a picture of what could/will happen in the future.
The "average" meteor is about the size of a grain of rice, and burn up by the thousands every hour. They contribute dust to the atmosphere.
Every few years, larger meteors survive long enough to hit the Earth. Since the Earth is 3/4 water, most of them strike either the oceans or uninhabited areas. Sometimes they do strike populated areas; a small meteorite crashed through the roof of a doctor's office in New Jersey a few years ago, and a meteor about half the size of a pea struck a German schoolboy in the hand. (He was only slightly injured.)
Very rarely, much larger objects strike the Earth and cause enormous damage. The stories of "Noah's Flood" and the contemporaneous Sumerian Gilgamesh epics may have a root cause in a giant meteor that may have impacted in the Indian Ocean about 5,500 years ago. The resulting tsunami would have inundated most of the Middle East and India, and the waves would have scoured western Australia and Madagascar.
And 65 million years ago, we believe that an asteroid or comet about 10 miles in length crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the extinction of most large land animals including the dinosaurs.
Well, for one, an asteroid in an Ocean would create a Tsunami five kilometers in Height!
Large parts of comet debris, a.k.a meteors, can cause climate and atmosphere changes, and create large craters on the earth.Many meteors can hit homes and cause loss of lives.
The West Coast can indeed see meteor showers in areas where there is little or no light. However, this is very rare due to the countability that meteor showers occur rarely.
Yes. There are several meteor 'showers' every year.
meteor showers
On Earth meteor showers occur when we pass through dirt in space, usually from the debris or remains of a comet's tail. Any planet that passes through a dirty part of space and then has that dirt burn out above it will be a place that you can see meteor showers.
The source of meteor showers is debris which is constantly moving around in space. As it enters the atmosphere, it is quickly burnt up and very little actually makes it to the ground.
Meteor showers are not man made
There are yearly meteor showers, in relation to taurus.
meteor showers
No connection. Meteor showers are debris from space striking the earth.
No. Meteorologists study weather. An astronomer would predict meteor showers.
Could be Draco. The meteor showers are called Draconids.
No
The West Coast can indeed see meteor showers in areas where there is little or no light. However, this is very rare due to the countability that meteor showers occur rarely.
Meteor showers i think
Meteors?
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