METEORS

Biggest meteor The biggest meteor to hit earth

was in Russia the speed was 1500 kilometres per hour or about 950 miles per hour.

The width was 50 meters.

It injured 1100 people.

Most common meteor The most common meteor is a

meteorite.

The biggest meteorite was the dinosaur killer a very large meteorite that crashed near Mexico about 60 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaur.

Meteoroids

The smallest Meteoroid was a speck of dust.Most Meteoroids are one centimetre long any smaller than this are not visible.

METEORS Meteors are not only called meteors they

are also called shooting stars or falling stars but they are not a star at all.

A meteor usually lasts only a second before it gets destroyed most burn up between 75 and 115 km above the ground

Fun facts

When a meteoroid enters the earth’s atmosphere it could be travelling as fast as 70 km per second

Very large meteoroids make very big meteors called bolides or fireballs

About 50,000 years ago an iron meteorite 40-50m wide hit earth

Meteor showers Meteor shower is when heaps of meteors

come down to earth together It doesn't normally hit earth but you can

still watch it It happens on most clear nights with no

moon There are dozens even hundreds of

meteors

Huge impacts Most meteorites that hit earth are

harmless but sometimes it can cause huge damage

By Dom and Josh Thanks for watching our

slide show hope you enjoyed it but before you go we want show you one more thing…