METEORS
Biggest meteor The biggest meteor to hit earth
was in Russia the speed was 1500 kilometres per hour or about 950 miles per hour.
The width was 50 meters.
It injured 1100 people.
Most common meteor The most common meteor is a
meteorite.
The biggest meteorite was the dinosaur killer a very large meteorite that crashed near Mexico about 60 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaur.
Meteoroids
The smallest Meteoroid was a speck of dust.Most Meteoroids are one centimetre long any smaller than this are not visible.
METEORS Meteors are not only called meteors they
are also called shooting stars or falling stars but they are not a star at all.
A meteor usually lasts only a second before it gets destroyed most burn up between 75 and 115 km above the ground
Fun facts
When a meteoroid enters the earth’s atmosphere it could be travelling as fast as 70 km per second
Very large meteoroids make very big meteors called bolides or fireballs
About 50,000 years ago an iron meteorite 40-50m wide hit earth
Meteor showers Meteor shower is when heaps of meteors
come down to earth together It doesn't normally hit earth but you can
still watch it It happens on most clear nights with no
moon There are dozens even hundreds of
meteors
Huge impacts Most meteorites that hit earth are
harmless but sometimes it can cause huge damage
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