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Most meteors burn up in which layer of the atmosphere even though it's the coldest layer?
mesophere
Most important weather phenomena occur in the?
Almost all the weather happens in the atmosphere
Which layer do most meteors disintegrate as they fall closer to earth?
mesosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere has the most of the air?
Which layer of the atmosphere has most of the air
What cloud indicates the top f the troposphere?
The stratosphere which contains most of the atmosphere's ozone.
Most meteors that enter the earth's atmosphere never hit the earth's surface because?
They burn up in the atmosphere.
What is the moon lacking that would protect it from meteors?
Unlike the Earth, the moon does not have an atmosphere to help protect it from meteors. When meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere, the resistance of the air causes friction and generates a tremendous amount of heat - so much so that most meteors are destroyed before they reach the ground. The moon does not have an atmosphere and therefore there is nothing stopping meteorites from bombarding the surface. Hence, the large number of impact craters on the moon.
What is a large rock in outer space called?
... compresses the air in front and around it so that the air glows and at night you see a "shooting star" - a meteor. If it impacts the ground before evaporating, it is a bolide and may leave a mineral remnant called a meteorite.
What happens to most meteoroid when they enter Earth's atmosphere?
They disintegrate into dust from the heat.
Do meteors go beyond Jupiter?
Most meteors are sand grain sized objects that had been ejected from comets as they followed around their highly elliptical orbits. As most of these comets have orbits that extend beyond the orbit of Jupiter at their aphelion, then yes most of these sand grains that become meteors when they enter earth's atmosphere have been beyond the orbit of Jupiter. However they are not actually meteors until they enter earth's atmosphere, so while they are actually meteors they are nowhere near Jupiter. Many larger meteors were pieces of asteroids. The vast majority of asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter and thus have never been even near Jupiter, and definitely not beyond Jupiter's orbit.
What would happen if there was no such thing as the mesosphere?
Most meteors that enter the atmosphere burn up in the mesosphere. If there were no mesosphere, they would hit the earth much more frequently.
Why don't meteors burn up when they first enter earth atmosphere?
Most do burn up entirely but the very largest ones do not completely burn up.
Why does mercury have the most craters?
It has no atmosphere to burn up incoming meteors
What happens to most meteroids when they enter earth's atmosphere?
they burn up most of the time. if not they crash into the ground and make a crater
Why do most meteors not land on earth surface?
MOST meteors are "fleck of dust" size. When they enter the atmosphere, friction with the air heats them up, and they burn completely. In a few days, and 12 August, if you are up late, you can see a vivid example- the Perseid meteor swarm is due to make it's annual visit. Look NE after midnight.
Where would you most likely find a meteor?
Meteors are pieces of rock glowing hot in the atmosphere. Before they hit the air, they were meteoroids. When they his the ground they are meteorites. Meteors are only found in the atmosphere, moving at incredible speeds.
Most meteors burn up in which layer of the atmosphere even though it's the coldest layer?
mesophere
