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what happens when meteorites come crashing towards earth? why does it happen???........ ​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

If it enters into the Earth's atmosphere and burns up, it's a shooting star or meteor. If there's anything left over after it hits the Earth's surface, that's a meteorite. ... Better known as shooting stars, the flash of light we see is the result of the "star" burning up in our atmosphere

Answer 2

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Linguistically, a "meteoroid" is a small object from an asteroid or comet orbiting the sun. If it enters into the Earth's atmosphere and burns up, it's a shooting star or meteor. If there's anything left over after it hits the Earth's surface, that's a meteorite.

The surface of the Earth is constantly being bombarded anywhere between 1 to 300 metric tons of dust every day, satellite data suggests. Anything bigger than 2 millimeters can cause a streak of light in the sky. Better known as shooting stars, the flash of light we see is the result of the "star" burning up in our atmosphere.

When an object hits the surface at high speeds, the soil or sand underneath the impact zone--unlike water--isn't displaced but actually solidifies. They experimented with projectile speeds up to 670 miles per hour (300 m/s) and noticed that the faster the impact, the more the surface absorbed the impact and spread the kinetic energy over a wider area of soil. So the craters left by big missiles or meteors aren't displaced ground, but actually the blast zone.

The meteorites hit the earth because of the Earth's gravitational force which pulls the meteoroids into the Earth's atmosphere.