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Serpent Mound crater, also known as the Serpent Mound Disturbance, [1] is an eroded meteorite impact crater in Ohio, United States. It lies largely in Adams County, with the northern part mostly in Highland County, except for a small northeast part in Pike County. [2] [3]
A meteoroid (/ ˈ m iː t i ə r ɔɪ d / MEE-tee-ə-royd) [1] is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Meteoroids are distinguished as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide. [2] Objects smaller than meteoroids are classified as micrometeoroids or space dust.
The following is a list of bolides and fireballs seen on Earth in recent times. These are small asteroids (known as meteoroids ) that regularly impact the Earth. Although most are so small that they burn up in the atmosphere before reaching the surface, some larger objects may reach the surface as fragments, known as meteorites .
The peak of the Orionid meteor shower is Oct. 21, per NASA. This year, NASA's Watch the Skies blog writes that they can be best viewed on the mornings of Sunday, Oct. 20, and Monday, Oct. 21.
The Geminids meteor shower, one of the most popular annual showers, was expected to peak Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Here's what to know. There was a meteor shower that could be seen ...
Jordanians look at the desert sky during the Leonid meteor shower, near Amman, in the early hours of August 12, 2004. Meteors are the debris left in the wake of a passing comet infiltrating the ...
1783 Great Meteor; 1860 Great Meteor; 1913 Great Meteor Procession; 1972 Great Daylight Fireball; 2012 United Kingdom meteoroid; 2015 Thailand bolide; List of bolides in 2017; 2017 China bolide; Earth-grazing meteoroid of 13 October 1990
Unlike most meteor showers, the Quadrantid meteor shower doesn't originate from a comet, but from an asteroid. For many years, the origin of the Quadrantids remained unknown. Though the ...