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BeepBlipBlapBloop t1_j9hmrjq wrote

Around 25 million meteors hit Earth's atmosphere every day. Most are not visible, but on a dark night it's not uncommon to see 5-10 visible meteors per hour from wherever you happen to be.

These are not being tracked. It would be nearly impossible to do so.

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Background_Park_2310 OP t1_j9hqjej wrote

Uuuhhh...wow! I had no idea it was that many daily.

Well thanks for that info. That's awesome!

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greymart039 t1_j9hrxhw wrote

Meteorites are meteoroids that have impacted the Earth. Meteors are meteoroids that have burned up (or are burning) in the atmosphere.

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space-ModTeam t1_j9infvb wrote

Your post has been removed. For simple questions like these please use the weekly "All space question" thread pinned at the top of the subreddit.

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