Displayr bring been busy mapping where meteorites fall. They bring created a seat out of mapped visualizations of NASA's Meteorite Landings database. The database contains information on all known meteorite landings. The Displayer maps yet alone incorporate information on the 1,107 meteorites that were recorded equally they fell.
In What Are Your Chances of Being Hit yesteryear a Meteorite Displayr unveils a seat out of reporting biases which arrive hard to decide where inward the populace y'all are most probable to last hitting yesteryear a meteorite. Their interactive maps exhibit that to a greater extent than meteorites are spotted inward areas amongst a high population density. In other words the seat out of people inward an expanse looking at the heaven tin trial how many meteorites are seen.
Displayr bring too discovered a reporting bias inward favor of larger meteorites. After mapping the size of meteorites Displayr discovered that larger meteorites are much to a greater extent than probable to last seen than smaller meteorites. And - if y'all are worried most existence hitting yesteryear a meteorite - y'all volition last happy to larn that y'all bring to a greater extent than lead chances of existence killed yesteryear 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 amongst the populace yesteryear decade.
You tin lead to persuasion a decade using the timeline at the plough over of the page. The volume of each meteorite is represented yesteryear the size of the cylindrical projection together with the color of the projection indicates the meteorite type.
