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  • How Often do Meteorites Hit the Earth? More often that you think!

    02/22/2020 11:50:12 PM PST · by WebHankerchief22 · 18 replies
    Space.com ^ | August 10, 2016 | Samantha Mathewson
    Although major killer asteroids are extremely rare, minor asteroids called meteors often impact earth going unnoticed. Most of the time they burn up in the atmosphere. However, if they do not these smaller scale asteroids can weigh anywhere from 20 pounds to upwards of hundreds or thousands of pounds. Maybe even more! Fortunately, these smaller scale asteroids do not usually collide with highly populated areas and mainly impact the earths large swaths of uninhabited areas. Most of these collisions go unreported or unnoticed. However, reported collisions are usually added to a list. For example, a map simulation from an asteroid...