Where is the most likely place for an asteroid to hit earth?

Answer 1

Answer #1:

No place is more or less likely than any other.

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Answer #2:

On its atmosphere initially, and, very soon thereafter, on its surface.

Answer 2

At one time there was a belief that some places were, for some unknown reason, "meteor magnets". The state of Kansas is often cited; there was even a book published called "The Gods Hate Kansas" because so many meteorites were found there.

It turns out the reason that a lot of meteorites were found in Kansas is that a rock lying on the ground stands out more if it's on deep loam than if it's in a place like Massachusetts where people find rocks lying on the ground all the time. There are just as many meteors in Massachusetts, people just don't notice them because they get lost among all the other rocks.

Meteors aren't much more likely to strike any given square meter than any other square meter. There might be a very slight preference for the equatorial regions over the poles, just because most meteors are in largely solar-equatorial orbits, so they're slightly more likely to come in along the ecliptic plane rather than parallel to it, but there's enough variance in orbits that I'd expect this effect to be small.

Answer 3

An asteroid is most likely to hit Earth in the ocean, as our planet's surface is about 70% water. However, if it were to hit land, it would most likely strike in an uninhabited area due to the vast open spaces on Earth.