It kind of makes me wonder if my intuition about how rare meteorites are is a bit off; for one meteorite to almost hit a person, there must be many more meteorites that weren't noticed, or were never found.
> An estimated 500 meteorites reach the surface each year, but only 5 or 6 of these typically create a weather radar signature with a strewn field large enough to be recovered and be made known to scientists.
I wonder if there are places on the sea floor with piles of these things that have accumulated over the years and for whatever reason not been buried in sediment? I suppose iron meteorites would probably rust and disintegrate; maybe some of other materials might survive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_event#Frequency_and_ris...
> An estimated 500 meteorites reach the surface each year, but only 5 or 6 of these typically create a weather radar signature with a strewn field large enough to be recovered and be made known to scientists.
I wonder if there are places on the sea floor with piles of these things that have accumulated over the years and for whatever reason not been buried in sediment? I suppose iron meteorites would probably rust and disintegrate; maybe some of other materials might survive.