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What burns up before it hit the earths surface meteor or asteroid?

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What burn up craters before they hit the earth?

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What burns up before hit hits earth?

Meteors!


Has Venus been hit by a meteor?

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What is a meteoroid that reaches earths surface with out burning up?

a meteor that hit Earth without burning up in the mesosphere is called meteoroid


Which term specifically describes small chunks of rocks and debris in space that travel through the Earths atmosphere and hit its surface?

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How long does it take to dig to China from here?

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What did comet collisions add to earths surface?

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Where do the Suns rays hit Earths surface nearly at right angles?

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DOES THE mesosphere protects earths surface form veing hit by most meteroids?

Yes, the mesosphere helps protect Earth's surface from most meteoroids by burning them up upon entry, due to the high temperatures generated by their rapid descent through the atmosphere. This process results in the meteoroids disintegrating before reaching the surface, reducing the likelihood of impacts.


Why doesn't meteor hit the Earth's surface?

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