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https://phys.org/news/2021-11-video-asteroid-earth.html
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Naturally I'd prefer to see a graph of object mass vs mean time between impacts.
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pretty sure the last meteor was just seconds ago -

I like this channel. has new show daily -
GeologyHub - he covers lots of stuff Volcanos and meteor impacts
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GCoyote wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 3:48 am Naturally I'd prefer to see a graph of object mass vs mean time between impacts.
me too....
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Groovy2 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 5:22 pm pretty sure the last meteor was just seconds ago -

I like this channel. has new show daily -
GeologyHub - he covers lots of stuff Volcanos and meteor impacts
That's actually more informative than the one in the OP! Thanks.
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