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Why are some meteoroids visible to the naked eye once they enter the earths atmosphere?
It is so because, some of the meteoroids are of comparatively large size. So when they enter the atmosphere, a big part of them is burnt but still the remaining one enters the atmosphere.
Why do meteoroids burn up as they approach earth but not the moon?
The Earth has an atmosphere around it.The Thermosphere is the top-most layer of the atmosphere.The troposphere is the lowest part of the atmosphere.Unlike Earth,the Moon has no atmosphere.That's why meteoroids don't burn up before they hit the surface.Even though the Earth's atmosphere is immense,sometimes meteoroids get through the atmosphere.
What layer in the atmosphere has meteoroids?
stratosphere
What Forms when a meteoroid enters earths atmosphere?
Meteoroids don't enter the earths atmosphere, Meteors do. Meteoroids are the rocks that you find on the ground after a meteor penetrated the atmosphere and made it to the ground.
Used in a sentence of meteoroids?
Meteoroids are small, solid, extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere.
Which layer of the atmosphere protects Earth's surface from being hit by the most meteoroids?
The mesosphere protects the earth from most meteoroids.
Does the mesosphere protect earth from meteoroids?
Yes, the mesosphere helps protect Earth from meteoroids by burning up smaller meteoroids as they enter the atmosphere due to friction with gas molecules. This process causes them to disintegrate before reaching the Earth's surface.
How do you know how there are small meteoroids and dust in space?
We know that there are small meteoroids and dust in space because meteorites (meteoroids that survive the atmosphere and land on Earth) exist, and also because we can see meteoroids as meteors (the light coming from a meteoroid burning up in the atmosphere) in the sky.
In what layer of the atmosphere does meteoroids burn up?
MESOSPHERE
What is a meteoroids that burns up Earth's atmosphere?
a meteor
Which layers of the atmosphere makes the meteoroids burst up?
The Mesosphere
What is the composition of the atmosphere of a meteoroids?
Its composition is usually rocky or metallic.
