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How many meteorites strike the earth in a day?
I realize that micrometeorites hit all the time, but how many meteors with a diamater of more than an inch or two hit in a given day? Land or water, anywhere on earth.
If possible, please provide a source as I am asking this to resolve a wager with a co-worker. Thanks for your help.
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
A cheeky answer might be "all of them" since by definition a meteorite has to have survived an impact with the Earth. The ones that burn up in the atmosphere are meteors, not meteorites.
As to how many meteorites strike the earth, the estimate is 500 a year, so 1 or 2 a day.
- 1 decade ago
its depends on what you consider a metorite,see really millions of alien electrons via star implosion hit the earth a minute,which is why alot of low static storms have lightning,but if you consider meteorites small bits of rock, close to none,due to the fact they either cant get past the atmosphere or they burn up in it
- Anonymous1 decade ago
dunno how many meteors with a diamater of more than an inch or two hit in a given day but 30,000 tons of meteorite hits the earth every year
