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Meteorite Landing Sites Across the World
Meteorites fall roughly uniformly across Earth’s surface, but landing sites are not evenly distributed.
Dense clusters form in areas with:
\- Arid deserts: e.g. Sahara and Arabian deserts
\- Polar ice sheets: e.g. Antarctica
\- High population density: e.g. U.S., Europe, Japan
Areas with few findings include:
\- Dense tropical rainforests: e.g. Amazon basin, Congo basin, Southeast Asian jungles
\- High mountains & remote rugged terrain: Himalayas, Andes, Tibetan Plateau, central African highlands
Bottom line: What we see on the map is mostly a story of accessibility + preservation conditions + search effort, not where meteorites actually hit more often.
\[Note: some coordinate errors have been corrected. There are likely some I have missed\]
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Meteorites fall roughly uniformly across Earth’s surface, but landing sites are not evenly distributed.
Dense clusters form in areas with:
\- Arid deserts: e.g. Sahara and Arabian deserts
\- Polar ice sheets: e.g. Antarctica
\- High population density: e.g. U.S., Europe, Japan
Areas with few findings include:
\- Dense tropical rainforests: e.g. Amazon basin, Congo basin, Southeast Asian jungles
\- High mountains & remote rugged terrain: Himalayas, Andes, Tibetan Plateau, central African highlands
Bottom line: What we see on the map is mostly a story of accessibility + preservation conditions + search effort, not where meteorites actually hit more often.
\[Note: some coordinate errors have been corrected. There are likely some I have missed\]
#education
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