It is thought that there are around 10-50 meteorite dropping events every day. If this is true then each square kilometre on Earth should encounter a meteorite at least once every 139,000 years.
Earth Unplugged’s Maddie Moate reveals what this means in terms of encountering a meteorite, and explains the difference between a meteor, meteorite and asteroid.
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