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andmeteoroids have been hitting the earth before its creation when it was just fragments of rocks.
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If a giant meteoroid hit earth will humans have to live on earth?
== == If a giant meteoroid hit earth humans would not live any more or animals earth will die.
What is a meteoroid that reaches earths surface with out burning up?
a meteor that hit Earth without burning up in the mesosphere is called meteoroid
What is the difference between meteors and meteorodis?
A meteoroid is the 'shooting star' you see in the sky. A meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere A meteorite is a meteor that has hit the surface.
Is there a day in the year when no meteoroid hit the earth?
No. 37,000 to 38,000 tons of matter hit the earth each year. We're pretty much being bombarded constantly.
What occurs when Earth crosses the orbit of a meteoroid cluster?
A "meteor shower". (The individual space rocks pulverize or vaporize when they hit Earth's atmosphere.)
Do you still call a meteoroid a meteoroid when it enters earth's atmosphere?
Yes.
How did the planets get moons?
Some get by asteroids others (like Earth) hit hit with a meteoroid and the rock that fly out into space form together to make a moon
When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere it produces a streak of light called a?
The streak of light created by a meteoroid entering the Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor. A meteorite is the remains of a meteoroid that did not vaporize after entering the Earth's atmosphere.
Where is a meteoroid when it is 75 km above earth's surface?
When a meteoroid is 75 km above earth's surface, it is within the troposphere.
A rocky meteoroid is on a collision course with planet Earth. The meteoroid is only 0.10 m in diameter. The meteoroid will most likely not reach the surface of the Earth because?
Friction generated as the meteoroid enters the atmosphere generates enough heat to vapourise the rock before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Is earth smaller than a meteoroid?
No
How do you use meteoroid in a sentence?
I saw a bright meteoroid streak across the night sky.
