https://www.pitara.com/tags/meteor-impact/Recent content in Meteor Impact on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/dealing-with-the-potential-danger-of-a-meteor-hitting-earth/Sun, 01 Dec 2002 02:08:49 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/dealing-with-the-potential-danger-of-a-meteor-hitting-earth/<p>Our solar system is like a busy traffic round-about. The sun is at the centre of this round-about which drives a large number of heavenly bodies, including planets, comets and large and small rocks around it.</p> <p>While the earth and the other planets chart fairly fixed paths around the sun, our smaller solar siblings, like rocks, do not believe in staying in their lanes. As a result, a large rock – the size of a small city – bangs into the earth every once in a while.</p>