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Meteorites

A danger to Earth?

The sight of falling stars in a clear night sky is truly both fascinating and beautiful. And they are supposed to satisfy wishes. A rather reasonable wish would be that this object hopefully won't drop on someone's head! In fact, about 40 tons of extraterristic material enter the Earth's atmosphere each day. Most of these objects are so small that they burn up entirely. The better part of the sparse remnants sinks to the ground of the oceans or impacts on uninhabited areas. Therefore, humans barely notice anything of meteorites - except from nightly light appearances.

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