Why Is Earth Hit By So Many Meteors

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A few days ago, a fireball lit up the skies over Murmansk in Russia. It seems like Russia sees more meteors than the rest of the world. Trace is joined by Ian O'Neill from Discovery News to discuss why this is. • Read More: • Follow Ian on Twitter: / astroengine • Read Ian's recent articles: http://news.discovery.com/contributor... • Meteor in Russian sky raises eyebrows • http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ch... • Russians with smartphones and dashboard cameras captured footage of a meteor that flashed across the night sky near the Arctic Circle over the weekend. • B612 Foundation Press Releases • https://b612foundation.org/newsroom/p... • Another Fireball Explodes Over Russia • http://phys.org/news/2014-04-fireball... • Why does Russia seem to get so many bright meteors? Well at 6.6 million square miles it's by far the largest country in the world plus, with dashboard-mounted cameras being so commonplace (partly to help combat insurance fraud) statistically it just makes sense that Russians would end up seeing more meteors, and then be able to share the experience with the rest of the world! • Watch More: • Why NASA Is Studying Twins • • Why NASA is Experimenting on Twins in... • TestTube Wild Card • http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-437-p... • Can We Grow Plants on Mars? • • Can We Grow Plants on Mars? • ____________________ • DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. • Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews • Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... • DNews on Twitter / dnews • Trace Dominguez on Twitter / tracedominguez • Tara Long on Twitter / taralongest • Laci Green on Twitter / gogreen18 • DNews on Facebook / discoverynews • DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews • Discovery News http://discoverynews.com • Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq

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