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Rocks from space can hit Earth.

Bolide.jpg
Bolide.jpg
They move very fast. Some rocks make big holes. These holes are called craters. They can change our world.
Barringer Crater aerial photo by USGS.jpg
Barringer Crater aerial photo by USGS.jpg
Have you ever seen a big hole in the ground?

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File:Tunguska Ereignis-1.jpg
Tunguska Ereignis-1.jpg
File:Bolide.jpg
Bolide.jpg
File:Eugene Shoemaker.jpg
Eugene Shoemaker.jpg
File:Artist's concept of collision at HD 172555.jpg
Artist's concept of collision at HD 172555.jpg
File:Chicxulub-animation.gif
Chicxulub-animation.gif
Hiawatha v45 scene1 4k 5mtopo.1760.tif
File:Barringer Crater aerial photo by USGS.jpg
Barringer Crater aerial photo by USGS.jpg
File:Chelyabinsk meteor trace 15-02-2013.jpg
Chelyabinsk meteor trace 15-02-2013.jpg
File:2018 LA-orbit.png
2018 LA-orbit.png
File:Aitken Kagu big.jpg
Aitken Kagu big.jpg
File:Impact site of fragment G.png
Impact site of fragment G.png
File:Asteroid Collision Hubble.jpg
Asteroid Collision Hubble.jpg

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