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Has earth ever had a meteor strike?
Yes Halley's comet struck Arizona over 63 million years ago and is believed to have caused the extinction of dinosaurs.
Where is Halley's comet going to crash?
A Comet is a body in perpetual orbit. A Meteorite is a body which enters the Earth's atmosphere. It is unlikely that Halley's Comet will ever crash into the Earth.
When was the Second to last time a comet circled the earth?
As far as is known from written records in human history,no comet has ever circled the earth.
Do comets burn up the earths atmosphere?
No. If a comet were to strike the Earth, the results would probably be catastrophic.
What is ecological importance of Halley's Comet?
Halley's Comet is unlikely to ever pose a hazard to the Earth. As such, it has no ecological significance.
When will the next comet strike?
pretty much I've read about these comets and the next comet will strike in the year 2015. I'm not sure when other comets will strike....
How likely is it for a comet to hit Earth in this lifetime?
Quite low. Debris shed from comets as they orbit the Sun strike the Earth thousands of times per year, but most of the debris, in the form of periodic meteor showers, is pretty tiny; an average sized particle would be the size of a grain of rice or smaller. But for the Earth to be struck by the nucleus of the comet itself? We're not certain that an actual comet has EVER struck the Earth, although we can be relatively confident that objects about the size of a comet has hit the Earth once every few thousand years or so. The probability of a comet striking the Earth within the next 50 years is quite low; one or two percent, but no higher.
What can smelling comet do to you?
There is no possible way of smelling a comet without either a) it crashing to earth and it killing everyone or b) you landing on a comet in your lifetime to "sniff" it. so the answer is unknown because no one ever smelled a comet
Has a comet ever come into contact with earth?
Probably several times. It is assumed that a third of Earth water came from comets and it was a comet that hit the Earth 65 million years ago and caused the dinosaur extinction.
Which is the largest the earth the sun or the a comet?
The sun is the largest out of the three and then the earth and then a comet.
Will Halley's comet ever crash to earth?
No. It is over 55 million miles from Earth when it gets to its closest so there is no chance of it hitting us.
Is comet fall followed by an earthquake?
Would the impact of a comet on the Earth cause earthquakes? Possibly; it would depend on where the comet hit. But depending on the size of the comet that struck the Earth, the results might vary from "merely" very terrible indeed to absolutely catastrophic; The impact, the fallout, the tsunami (if a water strike) and/or the "nuclear winter" darkening of the skies with dust and debris would dwarf most conceivable earthquakes. Let me put it this way; if a large comet strikes the Earth, the last thing people will be worrying about would be an earthquake.
