Meteorite
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Meteorites are small pieces or rock or ice from asteroids and comets which enter the Earth's atmosphere. They are visible on clear nights as "shooting stars:" quick, flashing lights moving across the sky. Most are so small that they burn up before reaching the surface. Some are so large that they strike the Earth's surface, leaving enormous craters.
Quotes
"Counting the number of asteroids we see in the sky suggests that over the past 250 million years, Earth should have been hit around 440 times by asteroids larger than one kilometre across. But scientists have found only 38 large impact craters from this period." New Scientist December 2002 (Quoted from: http://www.nwcreation.net/young.html ).
