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Old November 3rd 13, 11:18 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
David Staup[_2_]
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Default The total mass of meteorites

On 11/2/2013 10:25 PM, Brad Guth wrote:
On Monday, February 18, 2013 12:45:10 PM UTC-8, valtih1978 wrote:
Some good people say that "2900-7300 kilograms per year hit Earth". Why

this information is banned from Wikipedia? Secondly, 2013 Russian meteor

"weighed about 10 tons before it entered the Earth's atmosphere"



Am I read right? Is it really a single meteorite weights the mass of all

meteorites per year? How much mass do meteorite loose when burning in

the atmosphere?


Make that Russian one worth 10,000 tonnes.

Annual average influx is perhaps worth 50,000 tonnes (increasing).

Most of the influx comes from items well under 1 kg.

GUTH VENUS


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