Where I live it is pretty common to see "shooting stars" -- streaks of light in the sky at night. How big is a shooting star? Do they land on earth or do they burn up? Do they land on the ground as meteorites?
Huge meteor explosion over Earth last year went unnoticed until
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Asteroid the Size of a Football Stadium Whizzed Past Earth
Meteors and Meteorites: Facts
Given comets are just dirty snowballs, how large would one typically have to be to survive entry into our atmosphere and reach the surface? - Quora
How big must an asteroid be to end human civilization?
How Big Was The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs? - WorldAtlas
What is the minimum diameter that an asteroid needs to have to be able to reach our surface and cause some damage? - Quora
How often do asteroids/meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere? - Quora
Some meteorite realities, Some Meteorite Information
How did a meteor make hundreds of people sick?
How much big asteroid required to move Earth from its orbit? - Quora
Threat to earth posed by meteors must be taken seriously, NASA warns
