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All those "5 meteorites to pass by Earth this month" title makers never hit earth. And those that hit earth don't seem to make any news before they strike.
by habibur 5y ago
All those "5 meteorites to pass by Earth this month" title makers never hit earth.
And those that hit earth don't seem to make any news before they strike.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> All those "5 meteorites to pass by Earth this month" title makers never hit earth. 100% of all meteorites hit the Earth, by definition. I think you mean “meteor”.
- TheAdamAndChe 5y agoBy that definition, would a meteor that vaporizes in our atmosphere before impact just be considered a meteor?
- CyanBird 5y agoAsteroid, meteor, meteorite, aerolite I'd like to know if someone else knows other variations Asteroid: rock in space Meteor: asteroid in atmosphere (falling generally) Meteorite: meteor which touched ground Aerolite: rock in atmosphere (be it flying, falling, levitating or otherwise) Comet: Icyspace rock, comma and ejecta are not strictly necessary
- 9front 5y agoMeteoroid: rock in space smaller than asteroid.
- user-the-name 5y agoThe ones that we can see before they hit are very big. The ones that do hit are too small to be seen beforehand. There are a lot more of the smaller ones than the bigger ones.
- dredmorbius 5y agoIt's roughly a logarithmic progression in size an frequency. So: 10x larger -> 10x rarer. Tunguska-size impacts are roughly 1x century. Distributions are pretty much random. God may or may not play dice with the Universe, but the Univers plays dice with Earth.
- bonzini 5y agoThose that make a title would make quite some damage if they did hit earth. Those that don't make a title may still be spectacular, but they're too small to be detected.