Question

Where are the best places to find meteorites? Give some examples of places on Earth

to find meteorites and explain why these places are better.

Answer 1

The extreme cold areas are the best places to find mateorites. The best example on the earth is Antarctica.

It is very difficult to find mateorites in most part of the world because mateorites that fall there can be easily destroyed by weathering, hard to distinguish from local similar material already present there, hidden by vegetation and can be covered by surface materials.

In Antarctica, freshly fallen meteorites are protected by the cold climate. Iron meteorites do not rust in the cold conditions, and stony meteorites weather very slowly.