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What is a meteor that hits earth surface?
Meteorite
What should you do if a comet hits the earth?
Depends on how big the comet is, where the comet hits, and what religious beliefs you have.
Will wheather change if an asteroid hits earth?
it depends on the size.
When an extraterrestrial object hits the earth?
Every 500 years
When the moon shadow hits the earth or earths shadow hits the moon what occurs?
A lunar eclipse is when the Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun. The Earth's shadow, cast by the Sun, passes over the Moon.A solar eclipse is when the Moon passes across the face of the Sun, as viewed from Earth, and the Sun casts a deep shadow over the Earth.
When will meteoride come to earth?
Every year, several small meteorites hit the Earth. Very occasionally (hundreds or thousands of years) a big one hits the Earth and causes destruction. It is not yet possible to predict such events.
What are asteroids and meteors?
Asteroids are small rocky body that revolves around the sun.Meteors are streak of light caused when meteoride and comet dust burns up in the earth atmosphere before it reaches the ground.
What are comets and meteors?
Comets are body of ice, rocks and cosmic dust loosely packed together.Meteor is a streak of light caused when comets dust and meteoride burns up in the earth atmosphere before it reaches the ground.
What do astriods and meteors have in common?
An asteroid (not "astroid" - watch the spelling) and a meteoride is basically the same; if it has more than about 10 meters in diameter it is called an asteroid. A meteor is the name given to a meteorite that falls into Earth's atmosphere.
What happens when a meteoride burns up?
it gets chipped away at by the air molecules that it is rushing so quickly by and is literally disentergrated.
What happens to the sunlight that hits the surface of the Earth?
Sunlight that hits the Earth's surface is absorbed by the Earth. It is then reflected back.
When a meteor hits the earth what does it form?
When a meteor hits the Earth it forms a crater.
Will the earth be distroyed when the meteor hits earth?
Not likely.
Will you die if the sun hits the earth?
Yes if you are on the earth.
WILL AN ASTEROID HITS THE EARTH?
Technically, if it hits the Earth it's not an "asteroid", it's a "meteorite". And yes, meteorites hit the Earth all the time.
When the sun light hits the earth what does it do?
About 35% of the light that hits the Earth is reflected away immediately, back into space. The remainder of the light hits the Earth. Some of it is absorbed or scattered in the atmosphere, and much of it reaches the surface as light. Sunlight that is absorbed by the surface heats the Earth.
What is an shadow in relationship to an eclipse?
When the Earth's shadow hits the Moon that is an eclipse of the Moon. When the Moons shadow hits the earth that is an eclipse of the Sun.
