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What happens to the momentum of a meteorite which ultimately burns in the air after entering?
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Momentum is always conserved - So, some is transferred to the reactive molecules encountered along the way, some is dissipated by friction, the remainder hits earth and adds it's bit. The momentum spent along the way nevertheless had been added exactly to the earth's total. (Assuming no thingies have been knocked out of orbit by any collision.)
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