1. METEORS!! By: Gage Meaney Josh Rose

2. Table of Contents 1Title Page 2Table of Contents 3Meteors 4Meteor vs Meteoroid vs Meteorite 5Meteor vs Meteoroid vs Meteorite Diagram 6Meteor vs Comet vs Asteroid 7Russian Meteors 8 9Ural Mountains Map 10Russian Meteors Video 11Meteor Crater 12Meteor Crater 13Meteor Crater Video 14Bibliography

3. Meteors A meteor is a small particle of space debris from our solar system Meteors can be up to 10 meters in diameter Meteors travel around 42km/s The Sun is what meteors orbit around

5. Meteor vs Meteoroid vs Meteorite Meteor: Space debris in Earth’s atmosphere Meteoroid: Space debris in space Meteorite: Space debris that has hit Earth’s surface

6. Meteor vs Comet vs Asteroid Meteor: space debris orbiting the sun made of mostly rock Comet: Ice and rock orbiting very elliptically Asteroid: space debris found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

7. Russian Meteors A meteor hit Russia on 2/15/13 This meteor crossed over the Ural Mountains in Russia. The meteor blast injured 1000s of Russians.

8. Russian Meteors This meteor was broken off in a collision in the asteroid belt past Mars. It was named DA14

9. Here is a map of the Ural Mountains

10. Here Is A Video

11. Meteor Crater This meteor hit in Arizona It was approximately 50000 years ago It is thought to have broken off of an asteroid belt after a collision

12. Meteor Crater This meteor was going about 26,000 mph when it entered the atmosphere and lost little speed. The crater is 2500 ft deep and 24000 ft across

13. Here Is a Meteor Crater Animation

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