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... is no atmosphere to stop meteors, but they are so tiny that they pose no threat of damage. Spacecraft are hit by them all the time. A larger meteor—about an inch across—could possibly cause damage if it were to hit the spacecraft, but the ... .html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND METEORS

Enjoy the show Meteor showers are harmless—at least to those of us on Earth's surface. During a very strong meteor shower it is possible that a meteor (which is actually a dust particle) could strike a spacecraft and damage its electronics, but that's ... .html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND METEORS

... most are very tiny with just one or two meteors per hour. There are three fairly strong showers—60 to 100 meteors per hour—that occur each year; every once ... the average of a couple of times per century, we will have a meteor storm of several thousand meteors per hour. ---- Answer provided by Alan Hale, Ph.D. & Capt. USN (Ret.) William ... .html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND METEORS

People in Kansas will see meteor showers, and meteors in the sky, just as often as people anywhere else. Larger meteors—those that survive their passages through the Earth's atmosphere and ... .html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND METEORS

... be a network of distant satellites or other unmanned spacecraft that will be sent deep into the solar system to monitor approaching meteors and asteroids. If any such object is detected, a ...

... through the atmosphere and has landed on the Earth's surface. Usually only fairly large meteors become meteorites. ---- Answer provided by Alan Hale, Ph.D. & Capt. USN (Ret.) William Readdy Image ... .html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND METEORS

A meteor the size of a dust grain is too small to have any kind of life ... has, although this does not mean that they have actually had life on them. Large meteors, which could be considered as asteroids, could theoretically support life, provided life's other essentials ... .html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND METEORS

... and dust. Very small asteroids can be thought of as meteors, and the dust from comets' tails is what usually produces the meteors we see in our sky. ---- Answer provided by Alan ... .html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ASTEROIDS, COMETS, AND METEORS

... minimize the chance of an impact causing a problem, the ISS is fitted with micro meteor shielding. This is composed of an outer thin metal sheet followed by an empty space ... an orbital burn to avoid the object. This is called a collision avoidance burn. However meteors cannot be tracked as they are not in orbit and so they do pose a ...

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