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Explain why the number of meteors striking the moon’s surface is quite large whereas very few reach the Earth’s surface.

While entering the earth’s atmosphere most of the meteors burn due to air friction and hence the number of meteors striking the moon’s surface is quite large than meteors reaching earth’s atmosphere


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