Are the exact measurements known of how big a meteor needs to be to breach the atmosphere and land on Earth versus burn up in it and disappear?

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Are the exact measurements known of how big a meteor needs to be to breach the atmosphere and land on Earth versus burn up in it and disappear?

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When I was a youngling at the planetarium I recall them* saying it would have to be about the size of a basketball to reach the ground

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