Mapping Meteorite Strikes

Displayr bring been busy mapping where meteorites fall. They bring created a publish of mapped visualizations of NASA's Meteorite Landings database. The database contains information on all known meteorite landings. The Displayer maps even in addition to then entirely comprise information on the 1,107 meteorites that were recorded equally they fell.

In What Are Your Chances of Being Hit past times a Meteorite Displayr unveils a publish of reporting biases which cash inwards one's chips inwards hard to hit upward one's require heed where inwards the public you lot are most probable to hold upward striking past times a meteorite. Their interactive maps exhibit that to a greater extent than meteorites are spotted inwards areas alongside a high population density. In other words the publish of people inwards an expanse looking at the heaven tin resultant how many meteorites are seen.

Displayr bring likewise discovered a reporting bias inwards favor of larger meteorites. After mapping the size of meteorites Displayr discovered that larger meteorites are much to a greater extent than probable to hold upward seen than smaller meteorites. And - if you lot are worried most beingness striking past times a meteorite - you lot volition hold upward happy to larn that you lot bring to a greater extent than adventure of beingness killed past times lightning or a tornado.


You tin persuasion a to a greater extent than dramatic mapped visualization of meteorite strikes on the Visualizing Meteorites across Spatial & Temporal Attributes interactive globe. This WebGL globe shows meteorite collisions alongside the public past times decade.

You tin pick out to persuasion a decade using the timeline at the overstep of the page. The majority of each meteorite is represented past times the size of the cylindrical projection in addition to the color of the projection indicates the meteorite type.