Earth has more mass than Mars and therefore more of a gravitational pull, which makes it less likely that throw up from a meteorite strike will reach escape velocity and leave Earth to possibly land on Mars. Also, Earth has a thicker atmosphere than Mars which burns up most meteorites capable of causing an impact big enough to launch pieces of rock into space. All this makes it much less likely for peices of Earth to travel to Mars than for Pieces of Mars to travel to Earth. But it's still possible.
2007-01-11 14:27:16
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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As maximum individuals have stated, the Earth's environment burns up maximum meteorites coming in, so we by no skill see them. there is the occasional tremendous meteorite that receives via the ambience. large meteorites that do this are uncommon, yet they do ensue at times- per chance one each few thousand years. There are 3 rationalization why Earth shouldn't have many craters from those impacts: a million- a large number of ought to-be meteorites finally end up hitting the moon, which has sufficient gravity of its own to disrupt important numbers of incoming meteorites. seem in any respect the craters the moon has- maximum of those ought to have hit the Earth if the moon wasn't there. 2- 70% of the Earth's floor is roofed by technique of the oceans, so maximum meteorites will land interior the sea, by no skill to be seen again. 3- on the uncommon social gathering that a meteorite does hit the floor and varieties a large crater, the crater is frequently destroyed by technique of erosion and geological tactics which includes plate tectonics. To get a crater on Mars, almost any previous rock will do. To type a crater in the international, you want fairly a huge meteorite to get via the ambience and hit the floor in a geologically sturdy section. that is a lot extra sturdy to do.
2016-11-23 13:11:31
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answered by scheiber 4
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All that's true, but the collision that formed the Moon was one of the all-time biggest messes in the whole Solar System, so it's pretty likely that some of that debris hit Mars.
That was before life on Earth, so if that's where you're going with this, it doesn't help.
2007-01-11 15:13:25
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answered by cosmo 7
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It is possible, but not as likely. The reasons stated above are all correct. I'll just add that it's a little easier to get space rocks to come into the inner solar system than to go out.
2007-01-11 14:40:32
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answered by kris 6
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It is possible in the past if a large enough impact hit the earth. Nothing like that has happened in recent times....luckily.
2007-01-11 16:27:33
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answered by ZeedoT 3
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it does make sence........ of course...... when does stuff hit the earth we are going to die........welll it depends onhow big the meteorite is....
2007-01-11 15:19:59
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answered by Anonymous
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the earth is bigger than mars and has a bigger gravitational field so it is unlikely
2007-01-11 15:39:11
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answered by bprice215 5
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