When I hear about them on the news they always land in the desert or something.
2007-09-18 23:54:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
you never hear of people getting hit and killed by one
2007-09-18 23:54:27 · update #1
most of them that reach the earth usually burn up in the atmosphere...those lucky ones which does manage to reach the ground just happen to be at unpopulated areas... pure luck id say
2007-09-19 00:09:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of instances of meteorites falling in populated areas. I've seen photographs of a car damaged by one while parked in a driveway, and at least two houses that were hit. In one of those, a woman in the house was hit and received a large bruise...nothing more serious because the roof and ceiling had slowed the meteor down.
2007-09-19 07:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some times they fall on populated areas and people have been hit and killed.
If you consider the amount of unpopulated space on the earth and the ocean if it landed randomly anywhere it would likely not be in a populated area.
2007-09-19 08:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is not coincidence, nor meteorites know anything.
This is because the space structure of populated places: they cover a large perimeter, but have a small area. They looks like a crown of a tree: very large occupied zone formed with thin branches.
So, it is very improbable, that meteor hits directly to thin occupied branch. But it is not impossible.
2007-09-19 19:48:38 · answer #4 · answered by Dims 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, that does seem very odd, but considering that the majority of the worlds surface is ocean and deserts...what are the odds that they hit a populated area?
2007-09-19 07:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by Slash 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's just pure luck. Meteorites do not "chose" to land anywhere. We're just lucky that cities dont' cover up much of the earth.
2007-09-19 08:27:45 · answer #6 · answered by Bob B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look at the probablity of something hitting a highly populated area compared to an isolated area. Compare the ratio of populated areas to unpopulated areas.
2007-09-19 07:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by John L 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Meteorites know nothing. How could they decide to 'land' somewhere in particular without a brain or eyes or eye goggles or ear muffs?
2007-09-22 02:43:06 · answer #8 · answered by WARREN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No coincidence, the meteors have heard about the higher cost of living in urban areas.
2007-09-19 09:47:40 · answer #9 · answered by Eratosthenes 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋