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Re:Every recorded meteorite strike on Earth since 2,300 BCE ... by ryusage on Monday February 18, 2013 @05:57PM (#5241360)
Overall, yes. I wonder, though, could the spin of the Earth have any effect on the distribution?
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Re:Every recorded meteorite strike on Earth since 2,300 BCE ... by kaybe on Monday February 18, 2013 @07:46PM (#5241860)
Improbable.

However, there could be a favoured plane of arrival, like the solar system plane, and with a circular cross section of the Earth I'd expect less debris/area near the poles. (I don't know this, I'm just extrapolating from what I actually know.)

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Re:Every recorded meteorite strike on Earth since 2,300 BCE ... by lutusp on Monday February 18, 2013 @07:52PM (#5241896)
> ... with a circular cross section of the Earth I'd expect less debris/area near the poles.

As it turns out, Antarctica is a very productive place to look for meteorites, first because there isn't really a preferred geographical zone for meteorite impacts, and second because of the large, empty ice fields, against which newly fallen meteorites stand out.

One of the most famous meteorite finds of all time, ALH84001, was located by simply driving across the Antarctica landscape and watching for dark objects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001

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