500 Years Of Witnessed Meteors Hitting Earth

CANSOMEONEREPLY Published 06/09/2013

I wonder if meteors are like lightning?never striking in the same place twice? although that is not really true, anyway. Here is a cool map showing where meteors were documented to have hit the earth over the past 5 centuries.

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Each circle represents a space rock that cratered on Earth. Larger circles indicate heavier masses, and the colors are clues to when they landed yellow is oldest, red the most recent. Move the mouse over each strike zone to see a photo of the extraterrestrial interloper as it appears in the Encyclopedia of Meteorites.

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Each circle represents a space rock that cratered on Earth. Larger circles indicate heavier masses, and the colors are clues to when they landed yellow is oldest, red the most recent. Move the mouse over each strike zone to see a photo of the extraterrestrial interloper as it appears in the Encyclopedia of Meteorites.