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Have natural or man-made objects ever impacted Earth or satellites in space?

April 26, 2017earth impacted man-made natural objects satellites

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Have natural or man-made objects ever impacted Earth or satellites in space?

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Yes. The Earth is struck continuously by natural objects, mainly at sub-millimetre sizes, arriving from space. Furthermore, satellites have on multiple occasions been struck by man-made space debris or by natural meteoroids.