# Meteors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteors/94112>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 18, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteors/94112 "2001-11-18T22:52:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![donotprodme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@donotprodme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donotprodme)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteors/94112/1 "2001-11-18T22:52:25Z")

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I was wondering if any of those meteors, of a considerable size, impacted earth last night and if so where.

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**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteors/94112/2 "2001-11-18T23:15:52Z")

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i don’t think any of those meteors were bigger than an apple, so i’d say no.

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**Author:** ![bryanmcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@bryanmcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmcc)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteors/94112/3 "2001-11-19T02:21:16Z")

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Apple hell, I don’t imagine there were any bigger than a grape. And I’m hedging my bets at that: even the most impressive ones likely weren’t bigger than a kernel of corn.

-b

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**Author:** ![starfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteors/94112/4 "2001-11-19T05:15:12Z")

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The Earth passed though the trail of debris left behind from a comet. This stuff is what flakes off a comet, it is small. And since it’s from a comet, it’s icy chunks, not metallic. All of it would burn up.

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**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteors/94112/5 "2001-11-19T05:27:08Z")

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i was sorta referring to the absolute high end stuff when i said apple. i mean, no one expects a grain of sand to make it through miles of air at supre-hyper-ultra-sonic speeds all the way to the ground, do they?