The list isn’t a comprehensive one of all the meteors that enter the atmosphere. That would be impossible to count. Everyday, more than 100 tons of meteoroids enter the earth’s atmosphere, most of it burning up before it becomes visible to the naked eye.
Large Explosion Over Atlantic, But No One Paid Attention
On February 6, a large meteor exploded over the South Atlantic Ocean, and no one noticed. The meteor released 13 kiloton of energy while it burned in the atmosphere, close to the amount released by the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.
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Updated: 3/1/2016
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