{"id":4690,"date":"2020-04-16T12:16:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T12:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeworkjoy.com\/infographics\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2020-04-16T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T12:16:49","slug":"interesting-facts-about-meteors-and-meteorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeworkjoy.com\/infographics\/interesting-facts-about-meteors-and-meteorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts About Meteors and Meteorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Millions of tons of space material bombarded Earth each day. Most of these space materials vaporize in the atmosphere, but some of them fell on the ground. These are called meteorites. Thus, the small rocky chunk of space that travels to Earth is known as meteoroids.\u00a0 Very small meteorites are known as micro-meteorites. These are the space chunks that emerged through the collision of different bodies of the solar system. Here we are discussing some amazing facts about meteors and meteorites.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A meteoroid is a chunk of space rock which burns up while entering the Earth\u2019s atmosphere is a meteor, and if it lands, it becomes a meteorite<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of the millions who try to reach the Earth\u2019s surface, very few make it to the landing, else all burn-up<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The speed of a meteorite is approximately 130,000 mph(209,215 km)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In SouthAfrica, the buying and selling of the meteorites is illegal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you discover a meteorite as it hits the ground is known as falls, and if you find it later, it refers to finds\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of almost 500 meteorites that hit the ground every year, only 5-6 are discovered by the scientists to research on<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meteors are stony, metallic, and mixture. These compositions tell us where meteoroids existed in the parent body<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of the appearance of numerous meteors showcasing in the sky at the same time is known as \u201cmeteor shower.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meteor showers leave behind the debris as they orbit through the solar system. If the Earth\u2019s orbit crosses the path of comet\u2019s orbit, then the shower occurs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some famous Meteorites<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time many meteors fell to the Earth, which is very famous. Some of them are the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allende Meteorite&#8211; Fall on the Earth in 1969, looks like a fireball. It is one of the most studied meteors of all time. It was around the size of a car, fell across the Mexican state of Chihuahua.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukang Meteorite&#8211; It is one of the best examples of pallasite. Pallasites are a type of stony-iron meteorites. The pieces or meteorites are in much demand.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoba Meteorite&#8211; It is found in Namibia, Africa. The size of the meteorite was around 60 tone rock, which makes it impossible to move. It is one of the rare meteorites. Thus, it became a site for tourist visits.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Willamette Meteorite&#8211; The meteorite weighs around 15.5 tons. It is the largest meteorite ever found on Earth.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of tons of space material bombarded Earth each day. Most of these space materials vaporize in the atmosphere, but some of them fell on the ground. These are called meteorites. Thus, the small rocky chunk of space that travels to Earth is known as meteoroids.\u00a0 Very small meteorites are known as micro-meteorites. These are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interesting Facts About Meteors and Meteorites<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you want to learn some interesting facts about meteors and meteorites? 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