Question

Why dont asteroids hit the earths surface

Answer 1

because we are lucky as hell

Answer 2

also gravity

Answer 3

also breaking down upon impact of our atmosphere

Answer 4

Actual, gravity would pull them towards us, not push them away. I am letting ghost answer this, she loves space.

Answer 5

cuz u know it gets rlly hot so the asteroids break down

Answer 6

They do EVERYDAY.

It's just the larger known ones only hit at an average of 70,000 years i think >.> not sure doe...

Answer 7

asteroids don't hit, meteorites do

Answer 8

Actually, an Asteroid is a rock that orbits the sun in the Asteroid belt, but every so often there is a collision and knocks one or two out, and once their size is cut, they become meteoroids, and then as soon as they enter the earths atmosphere, they are meteors.

Answer 9

In other words, they are all a space rock.