• Question: Can you give more info about splat and also asteroids

    Asked by duce532bawd7 to niamhtopping on 14 Oct 2025.
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      Niamh Topping answered on 14 Oct 2025:

      If by splat you mean meteorite impacts, these are what happen when a meteorite impacts the Earth. Sometimes these are big enough to cause craters (big holes or dents in the surface!) A good example of a “splat!” is the Winchcombe meteorite, which landed on a driveway in the UK. Not sure what you want to know about asteroids! But the main source of meteorites on Earth that come from asteroids come from the Asteroid Belt, which is found between Jupiter and Mars 🙂

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