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What is the approximate number of years that a meteor will travel to earth?
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Meteorites have generally been around since the formation of the Solar System, over 4 billion years ago, until they happen to collide with Earth.
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What is it called when a meteor produces enough light to cast a shadow on the earth?
A meteor does not produce light, a shadow on the Earth is caused when the meteor blocks the Sun's rays. The meteor does this when it is placed in between the Sun and the Earth, this is called an eclipse.
Where did the latest meteor hit the earth?
A meteor hit the Earth in the Ural mountains of Russia, near the city of Chelyabinsk, in February 2013.
Did a meteor hit earth in 1900s 1940s?
No the latest meteor to hit was 2004 Australia .
Was there ever a meteor shower on earth that messed up life?
No, not a meteor shower. The dinosaurs became extinct after a meteor struck the earth which blocked out the sun and killed much of the vegetataion that the dinosaurs used for food.
What is a meteor that hits earth surface?
Meteorite
What meteor fell into earth?
meteor Chase
What is the term for a meteor that reaches the earth?
Meteor-ite.
When a meteor hits the earth what does it form?
When a meteor hits the Earth it forms a crater.
What is it called when a meteor produces enough light to cast a shadow on the earth?
A meteor does not produce light, a shadow on the Earth is caused when the meteor blocks the Sun's rays. The meteor does this when it is placed in between the Sun and the Earth, this is called an eclipse.
What is the different between a meteor meteoroids and meteoroids?
A Meteor is a Meteoroid that enters Earth's atmostsphere a Meteoroid is is a Meteor that will soon enter Earth's atmostsphere.
What is another name for a meteor that is visible from Earth?
Another name for a meteor that is visible from Earth is Meteoroid.
What is the approximate number of people who haved lived on earth?
100 billion
What produces a streak of light as it enters the earth's atmosphere's?
Meteor
A meteor is a meteoriod that?
A meteor is a meteoroid that... burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
What is it called When a meteor hits the earth is is called a?
Correction! Actually a meteor that impacts the Earth is called a meteorite
Will the earth be distroyed when the meteor hits earth?
Not likely.
How does a meteor get to earth?
well the meteor would be sucked in by the earths gravitational pull
