Whenever you see pictures of craters left behind by a meteor, all you can see is a big empty hole, but what happens to the meteor?
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They mostly vaporize or explode. There are typically chunks of them embedded in the sides and floor of the crater and often spread for a wide distance around.
Because of the sheer energy involved, it’d be pretty rare to find the main mass of a meteor still lying intact in its crater.
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