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    if a meteoroid hit australia would we feel it in england?

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    this is like saying how long is a peice of string it all depends how big is the Meteoroid
    skara27

    15 meters diameter
    melandrupert

    yea i know what your saying but still depends on how large it would be
    Maz

    Wrong. Meteoroids as stated below are small in size. You are both getting confused with Asteoriods.
    No. Thousands hit the Earth on a daily basis and most are the size of a grain of sand and burn up on entering the Earth's atmosphere. Slightly lager ones the size of small to medium stones do fall to earth but rarely cause major damage. One could actually fall in your back garden and you would not know.
    skara27

    thanks
    Incidentally, an object that collides with earth is known as a Meteorite. The majority of meteorites are small dust or rock particles. Still, evidence of huge rock formations is thought to have created anomalies such as the Grand Canyon. Science suggest that a large meteorite hit earth resulting in the creation of a vast dust cloud, killing all breathing animals including Dinosaurs.

    "A meteoroid can be an object from the size of a grain of sand to the bulk of a boulder that is traveling in space. There are several official definitions of what is a meteoroid . They all differ based on the largest objects to be included in the group. If a meteoroid enters the atmosphere of Earth or any other body the visible trail that it leaves is called a meteor. Once it impacts the surface it is called a meteorite. These are commonly called shooting stars."




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