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What are Meteors?

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What's the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid ... and exactly how scared should we be? Crash Course explains exactly what happens when earth encounters debris as it plows its course around the sun. 

Roughly 100 tons of material pelts the earth's atmosphere each day, why is this not a catastrophic problem?

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