h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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- X

C'mon, anybody?

OK. Since nobody stepped forward yet, I've gone ahead and written the first draft.

Anyone have any comments?

It is good Just something I remember reading (and will have to verify) but, on an ordinary night, there are more meteors before midnight than there are after Also once they reach the ground I think they become meteorites Until later.....
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Actually, I'm pretty sure it's after midnight when more meteors can be seen.

But good point about Meteorites.... Should I add a bit explaining that a meteor in space is a meteoroid, a flash in the sky is a meteor and one that hits the ground is a meteorite?

Did you have anything to add?

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- Jim