When a meteoroid hits Earth, it’s not because the space rock has “fallen out of” its orbit. It’s because its orbit crosses over Earth’s orbit at the exact right (or wrong) moment.
Science Writer and Cartoonist JoAnna Wendel created a beautiful gif to explain how a meteoroid hits Earth.
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