Which one? The Earth has been pummeled by asteroids and comets in the last 5 billion years.
Some are obvious; Meteor Crater in Arizona, for example. There it is, right there. There's even a gift shop and signs. There are hundreds of others. Download Google Earth, and look for circles; circular lakes, circular mountains, circular bays.
But because the Earth's crust is 75% covered with water, many of the craters aren't visible. And because the Earth's crust is active, rain and earthquakes eventually destroy the crater walls.
Possibly the asteroid you are thinking of is the one that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. That happened near the town of Chicxulub at the tip of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
There is no synonym for them.
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Some of the most famous asteroid or meteor craters include the Chicxulub crater in Mexico, linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs, the Barringer Crater (Meteor Crater) in Arizona, USA, and the Tunguska event in Siberia, Russia. These impact sites have provided valuable insights into the history of our planet and the impacts of celestial objects.
A rock. If it hits the Earth's atmosphere and we see it, it will be a "meteor". When it lands on the Earth, it will be a "meteorite".
No, a meteor is not an asteroid. A meteor is a small rocky or metallic body that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, creating a streak of light in the sky. An asteroid is a larger rocky body that orbits the sun.
There isn't really any differences they are the same thing except an asteroid is MUCH MUCH bigger than a meteor, an asteroid is what killed off the dinos along time ago not a meteor. So say Jupiter and Pluto were a meteor, and a asteroid, Pluto wouold be the meteor and Jupiter would be the asteroid
A meteor.
No. A meteor that gets to the ground is a meteoroid. An Asteroid is an orbiting body between Mars ans Jupiter.
Asteroid/meteor impacts.
There is no synonym for them.
An asteroid is a heavenly body which has its own orbit, between mars and jupiter, and revolve around the sun. It is made up of dust and rock. Meteor is also a heavenly body like asteroid but smaller than that.
There was one significant asteroid impact in 1908 - the Tunguska event. It is possible that smaller asteroids hit Earth after that. There was a smaller asteroid/meteor impact more recently - the Chelyabinsk event in 2013.
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A meteor.
Meteor or asteroid
First, Apophis as an asteroid, not a meteor. A meteor is an object that has entered the atmosphere. Apophis is probably gray in color.