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They burn up because of friction in the atmosphere
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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.
-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.
Do meteorites become extinct like stars do?
I suppose there are more meteorites that become extinct than stars. Meteorites burn up in the atmosphere every night. Not only on this planet, but planets all around the universe. Some survive but get destroyed when crash-landing into a planet. A lot of meteorites also get sucked into stars.
Why do meteorites reach the surface of the Moon then the surface of the Earth?
More reach the surface of the moon because there is no atmosphere to heat and burn them up.
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.
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.
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 are there thousands of craters on the moon?
The moon doesn't have an atmosphere, so meteorites hit the surface and create the craters. Earth's atmosphere causes most meteorites to burn up due to air friction before the meteorite can crash on to the surface. A 'shooting-star' is a meteorite burning up in the sky.
Why don't meteors first burn up when they first enter earths atmosphere?
It takes a while for air friction to heat them through. Also some are massive enough that they never burn up but hit the earth instead, becoming what we call 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.
Why does the earth have fewer meteorite impact?
They are less common because most meteors burn up entirely before they get a chance to strike the earth and become meteorites.
