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Yes, every day. Most of them are pretty small; the average meteor that you see in the sky is the size of a grain of rice or smaller. Bigger one do land occasionally.
But about 15000 years ago, there's evidence that a fairly large meteor, or comet, or asteroid, DID hit northern Canada, which may have caused the "Younger Dryas" mini-ice age. The extinction of the woolly mammoth appears to have happened at about the same time, and also the disappearance of the pre-Indian "Clovis people" who seem to have been the only humans on the North American continent at the time.
What else can I help you with?
Did Apollo 11 get hit by a meteor?
No, Apollo 11 did not get hit by a meteor during its mission to the Moon in 1969. The spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon and then returned safely to Earth without encountering any meteor impacts.
What is a meteor tail called?
A meteor tail is called a "meteor trail" or "meteor streak." It is the glowing path left behind as a meteoroid travels through Earth's atmosphere.
Did a meteor recently hit Earth if so where did it land?
For any date you want to name, you can be pretty sure that several thousand meteors either completely burned up in the atmosphere, or were big enough to have something left to reach the ground after completing their fall through the atmosphere.
What was the famous meteor that hit Jupiter?
The famous meteor that hit Jupiter was actually the fragmented comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in July 1994. It broke into multiple pieces before colliding with Jupiter, creating a series of impact marks on the planet's surface.
What damage would a baseball size meteor cause to earth?
If a baseball size meteor entered our atmosphere, it would get burned up and not hit the ground. Most meteors that strike the Earth hit at around 20 km/s, therefore if a baseball sized meteor actually hit the ground, it would release roughly 10^9 joules of energy. That's roughly equal to the energy released by the explosion of 1000 kg of TNT.
What burns up before it hit the earths surface meteor or asteroid?
A meteor.
Can meteor hit Uranus?
Yes
Where did the latest meteor hit the earth?
A meteor hit the Earth in the Ural mountains of Russia, near the city of Chelyabinsk, in February 2013.
What is the the closest city to the meteor that hit in Arizona?
Meteor Crater is near Winslow, Arizona.
What is a meteor called when it hit earth?
It is called a meteorite.
How do the astronauts know that they haven't been hit by a meteor?
If an astronaut is not bleeding, then he most likely has not been hit by a meteor. If the space vehicle in which he is traveling is not leaking air, or fluid from one of its storage tanks, then the ship has likewise not been hit by a meteor.
Will the meteor that kill the dinosaurs kill us too?
No, because that meteor already hit the earth.
Do meteor showers hit Jupiter?
Yes.
Who shot the dinosaurs?
they were supposedly hit my a meteor
Did a meteor hit mars?
Yes, millions of the did.
Did Apollo 11 get hit by a meteor?
No, Apollo 11 did not get hit by a meteor during its mission to the Moon in 1969. The spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon and then returned safely to Earth without encountering any meteor impacts.
When did the meteor hit Canada?
Probably on most days. Astronomers estimate between 36 and 166 meteorites larger than 10grams fall to Earth per million square kilometres each year. Since Canada has an area of approx 10 million square kilometres, this represents at least 360 hits each year - or about once a day.
