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Yes. They are the largest source of extraterrestrial mass. https://www.sciencealert.com/5-200-tons-of-micrometeorites-are-raining-down-on-earth-s-surface-every
by buck4roo 4y ago
Yes. They are the largest source of extraterrestrial mass.
https://www.sciencealert.com/5-200-tons-of-micrometeorites-are-raining-down-on-earth-s-surface-every-year https://www.sciencealert.com/5-200-tons-of-micrometeorites-a...
- killjoywashere 4y agoAnd one has been caught on film (we think) https://www.universetoday.com/110963/norwegian-skydiver-almost-gets-hit-by-falling-meteor-and-captures-it-on-film/ https://www.universetoday.com/110963/norwegian-skydiver-almo.... There’s also a nice coffee table book about them: https://www.amazon.com/Search-Stardust-Micrometeorites-Terrestrial-Imposters/dp/076035264X https://www.amazon.com/Search-Stardust-Micrometeorites-Terre...
- wldcordeiro 4y agoDamn nearly getting cut in half by a meteor while skydiving!
- vba616 4y ago"Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges...was an American woman known for being the first documented individual not only to be struck by a meteorite, but also to live through the encounter." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Elizabeth_Fowler_Hodges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Elizabeth_Fowler_Hodges
- noizejoy 4y ago> one has been caught on film apparently it was just a rock[0] [0]https://www.universetoday.com/111076/follow-up-on-skydiving-meteorite-crowdsourcing-concludes-it-was-just-a-rock/ https://www.universetoday.com/111076/follow-up-on-skydiving-...