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Many more meteorites reach the surface of the moon because?
They're trajectory brings them too close to the moon, and its gravitational pull gets ahold of them.
What dont the moon have for the meteors to burn up in?
THe Moon doesn't have an atmosphere, which is what protects Earth from most meteorites.
What protects the earth from small meteorites while the earth's moon is?
The earth's atmosphere protects it from small meteorites - actually the specific part is the mesosphere. When meteorites contact this part of the atmosphere they wither burn up or become very small. I don't understant the "earth's moon is" part, sorry.
What layer of the earth has shooting stars and meteorites?
A meteorite is an object from space that has hit the surface of earth. Therefore you will find them at the bottom of the troposphere. However, you were probably refering to meteors. Most meteors are visible in the lower themosphere or upper troposphere.
What is it called when a meteor enters earth's atmosphere and friction causes it to burn up and produce a steak of light?
A meteoroid is a small metallic or rocky body. If it passes through the atmosphere causing it to burn up is called a meteor or shooting star. Any remnants that reach the earth are called meteorites.
What is mesoshere?
mesosphere is a layer of the atmosphere is the third layer of atmosphere. It lies above the stratosphere.it extends up to the height of 80 km. Meteorites burn up in this layer on entering from the space.
What layer of the atmosphere to meteors burn up in?
Meteors burn up in the high atmosphere. If they land on Earth, they become meteorites.
Why do meteorites burn up?
They burn up because of friction in the atmosphere
What layer of the atmosphere does a shooting star occur?
The mesosphere is where meteorites burn up. Most people call them shooting stars.
What is the third layer of the atmosphere from earth surface?
the third layer of the atmosphere would be the mesosphere. this is the layer that burns up the meteorites before they reach earth.
Many more meteorites reach the surface of the moon because?
They're trajectory brings them too close to the moon, and its gravitational pull gets ahold of them.
In what layer of the atmosphere does meteoroids burn up?
MESOSPHERE
-More meteorites reach the surface of the moon than the Earth Why?
Most of the meteorites which reach Earth burn up as they enter Earth's atmosphere due the heat caused by friction. The moon has no atmosphere.
What dont the moon have for the meteors to burn up in?
THe Moon doesn't have an atmosphere, which is what protects Earth from most meteorites.
How does atmosphere protect inhabitants on earths surface?
Besides providing oxygen to breathe, the atmosphere protects us from ultraviolet radiation (thanks to the ozone layer), meteors and meteorites (which burn up from the friction), and excesses of heat and cold (by spreading the sun's heat more or less equally around the Earth, and insulating us from the worst of it).
Which layer of atmosphere does most space debris burn up?
The mesosphere! :)
Do meteorites hit Earth?
all the time, but the meteorites just burn up in the atmosphere, this is caused by the thick atmosphere on earth, which generate a huge friction between the meteorites and the air molecules. You can actually see the it burning up in the sky, commonly known as falling stars. But it is not all meteors, which burn up in the atmosphere, it just have to be big enough to sustain its shape all the way to the ground, but this only happens rarely. but as you can see on mars it has a lot of craters, and that is simply because the atmosphere is much thinner.
