What are my chances of being hit by a meteor?

Answer 1

um i dont know what your problem is but i think u r retarded no u will not get hit by a meator ok and it is thanksgiving so shut up give thanks be with your family and then they will be no meators my friedn

Answer 2

actually, the chances of dying in a meteor or asteroid impact are quite high. over the whole history of humanity, the chances are around 1 in 3000. of course so far no one has ever been killed by one, but when it does happen, its likely to be a huge climate changing impact like what wiped out the dinosaurs, so the chances for humans surviving might be slim, hence the very high chance of death by astronomical impact, statistically, even if being hit by it directly are so slim.

there has only ever been one recorded case of injury by meteor, where a woman in the usa in the 60s was hit in the torso by a rock weighing a few kilos fell though the roof as she was in bed.

Answer 3

There's a possibility that an asteroid may hit the Earth 21 years from now, as for getting hit by a meteor, you have enough of a chance as getting hit by lightning.

Answer 4

Very slim, and there was only one confirmed case of a human being being hit by a meteorite literally. A woman in Sylacauga Alabama was in her home in 1954 when a meteorite crashed through the roof, punched through the kitchen ceiling and struck her, causing injuries. Bear in mind however, you are much more likely to die of an asteroid or cometary impact than being hit by a meteorite. Such events can devastate huge areas of land and kill millions or even billions of people. If the event is large enough, you can die of it even though you're hundreds or thousands of of miles away from the impact point. The chances of this happening in any one year or even a century is very slim, but much, much greater than the chances of a meteorite falling out of the sky and hitting you.

Answer 5

I never heard of anyone ever being hit by one. I would bet that you will live a long life without ever being hit by a meteor.

Answer 6

A 1962 Mercury Meteor? Not good. Very rare car.

Answer 7

Many kilogrammes of space dust come down to the earths surface every day. We have probably all been hit by some at some point. We just didn't notice.
Estimates by NASA suggest 4 billion particles fall to earth each day, fortunately most of them are too small to cause any damage.

Answer 8

Mrs. Hewlett Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama, USA, was hit by a five-kilogram meteorite as she slept in her living room in 1954.

Mrs. Pauline Aguss of Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK, was probably hit by a smaller meteorite (30 grams?) in 2004, as she was hanging up her washed laundry in the garden by her house.

Although they were injured, both women survived being hit by rocks from space. Those are the only instances of which I know.

Answer 9

you'd be extremely unlucky if that is to happen to you coz very few meteors actually reach the surface of the earth. most of them get burned-up as they enter the earth's atmosphere (that's what shooting stars are, burning meteors)

Answer 10

It has happened, but you're chances of getting hit by lightning is much better. I would worry about that, maybe even wear rubber boots every time you go outside.

Answer 11

Astronomical