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triarii42069 t1_jb8acr0 wrote

Wow it's amazing, almost like meteor strike reports line up with high density areas with internet access

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Poke-Party t1_jb9ps1p wrote

I mean kinda. The highest density meteor strikes are in the central US, which many parts have very low population density. My guess would it could also have something to do with great visibility of the sky/ fewer trees to block viewing further away and closer to the horizon.

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MillenialOpi t1_jb7fxt0 wrote

This just proves that all those movies with alien attacks happening almost exclusively in the US is statistically more realistic.

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st4n13l t1_jb7hk9m wrote

I would think the aliens would be smart enough to avoid the part of the planet that gets hit with meteors the most

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Brewe t1_jb8xznz wrote

Also, why would the aliens ride in on meteors?

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undefined7196 t1_jb7uymk wrote

Nice population map. Should change the title to Reported Meteor Strikes.

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compostking101 t1_jb8bmov wrote

Your comment doesn’t even make sense… there’s hardly any on both side of the coast with the highest density population,and massive amounts in the dead center with the least amount of population..

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undefined7196 t1_jb8dfp8 wrote

There is none in the ocean. There is none in the less developed countries. None in greenland. Population may be the wrong word. Scientific observable area map maybe? Notice there are a lot in India but they seem to respect the imaginary border connecting it to China?

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good-mcrn-ing t1_jb7qbxv wrote

What would happen if you divided this by a population map?

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funkyk0val t1_jb8a489 wrote

universe doesn't seem to like the Midwest.

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PandaMomentum t1_jb9n7rf wrote

Yep! A hundred years ago people noticed that meteorites were easy to find in Kansas - flat land with deep soil and without any rocks, so if you did find one, it was probably a meteorite. Museums sent out people to do their collecting there. It became a joke - the gods hate Kansas. There's a pulp novel with that title

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quadrangle3136 t1_jb8thil wrote

Wow they're almost no strikes in the ocean

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Firstearth t1_jb8ylw4 wrote

I don’t like this projection. Greenland appears larger than the continental United States when it’s really about a fifth of the size or even compare it to Australia.

This means that a huge area of the graphic is dedicated to no data whatsoever whereas the real data is clumped together in the middle areas where a greater level of detail would be more helpful.

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LANDVOGT-_ t1_jb976n0 wrote

More like a map of where people notified NASA about meteors striking. An actual map of meteor strikes would probably have a normal distribution.

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I_Love_Pride t1_jb7phmt wrote

damn not even giant rocks like the U.S

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MagnusRottcodd t1_jb8s2is wrote

Ah, that explains the "Greenland" movie. Small risk a comet would strike there.

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Dgeneratecow t1_jb9sycg wrote

Guessing no one in Siberia is reporting meteor strikes. Didn't expect neptune to be such a slacker though

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Stefouch t1_jbaj4id wrote

Is this a map of under explored sectors of Earth ?

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Pros_n_cons t1_jbb4o1y wrote

what is meteor strike per se... does it mean, the meteor has struck the ground or only seen in the sky... because I'm from the part of India which is dotted quite much... and have yet to see a single meteor strike

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TylerJWhit t1_jbk1oln wrote

God: Fuck you in particular USA.

This is actually a really cool way to show survivorship bias.

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