Why Are They All In Antarctica?

[@caydes]

Love it that the person looking for Meteorite was sokka trying to make his space sword

[@figuremations1619]

innit

[@3rdrevant]

@@figuremations1619 omg totally missed that reference!

[@inkbotkowalski]

came here for this XD

[@pokemonbrickbronze5947]

AVATAR REFRENCE

[@kadeadams2308]

I WAS ABOUT TO SAY IT

[@steadfastwolf2159]

I watched a 15 min video a weeks ago explaining why most of our studied meteorites come from Antarctica, but this short 3:30 min video explained it far better

[@gamerguy756]

That drawing of Antarctica putting all its meteorites into a neat pile is so adorable holy heck

[@steptimusheap8860]

Now i feel bad that we steal them all

[@summer-jy2pw]

1:45 for anyone interested

[@joanignasi91]

Catartica

[@kurz-Stibi]

Its ultra cute indeed and nit the least bit hell-like

[@sameer1321]

I like the ATLA reference at the end

[@AmethystHorizon54]

Did you notice it was Sokka collecting the meteorites??? SPACE SWORD!!!

[@scrubyboat]

😂

[@Roshua14]

Atla was there all along, from start till end

[@stevena105]

Or the Pokey in the desert?

[@themaskedcrusader]

@@stevena105 All the quality cactus juice!

[@teacher_ash]

As a physics and science teacher that has focused on meteorites a lot in different classes, I really gotta hand it to you on this one! Big picture and the feeling of a scientist in the field all in one! Cheers! This is officially my go-to video for meteorites in class now. Big thank you!

[@varahalreddy4456]

Good for you man 😊

[@That.Guy.]

I would say the earths rotation has far more to do with why there are more meteorites at the poles. It’s simple physics

[@teacher_ash]

@@That.Guy. Let's see what you think. Give more details.

[@That.Guy.]

@@teacher_ash assuming a meteorite is equally as likely to come from any direction…. Those coming directly at the poles will most likely hit the poles, even with the earth spinning. if it’s coming directly at the equator as the Earth spins it could land anywhere on planet earth

[@Michael.032]

​@@That.Guy. ??? If the meteorites are "equally as likely to come from any direction", they are equally as likely to land on any spot on the Earth. "If it's coming directly at the equator... it could land anywhere on planet earth." If it's coming directly at the equator, it will land on the equator. The Earth's spinning has nothing to do with this. To put it a different way, let's assume the Earth doesn't spin. The meteorites, under the assumption that they're equally as likely to come from any direction, have an equal probability to land on every spot on the Earth, right? So once the Earth starts spinning, what changes? The only different is that the meteorites will land further west than the spot their velocity vector was pointing at while they entered the atmosphere, but given that the meteorites were initially evenly distributed, moving all of them the same angle to the west won't change anything.

[@TheDrexxus]

Fun fact: I have a chunk of the only meteorite that struck a human being in history sitting in my bathroom collecting dust. The lady that it struck was best friends with my grandmother. They grew up together and were BFFs since their school days. She was there when the impact happened. It smashed through the roof and hit their radio, breaking into two pieces, with one piece flying into her and the other piece going the other way. They thought it was some hooligans that threw a rock through the window at first until they saw the hole in the roof and the other piece and realized what happened. She called the sheriff to report it and ask for a doctor to come check her injury because this happened before 911 existed. The sheriff said that he and the mayor were going to drive out there with a doctor right away. When they heard the mayor was coming, it occurred to them what a big deal this event was and they were worried that the government was going to steal the meteorite from them. She wanted to keep it to try to sell it. They went back and forth about hiding the pieces but they were worried what the authorities might do if they realized they were hiding the meteorite so they gave the piece that hit her to my grandmother and told her to take it home and hide it there, and they'd show the other piece to the police. And sure enough, when the sheriff got there, he took the other piece from her. He apparently gave it to the airforce or something along those lines supposedly to check it to see if it was radioactive or dangerous or whatever ostensibly, but who knows what they were really doing to it. Eventually they returned it to her, but she got into this big custody battle over it with her landlord who was also a friend up until this happening but now the landlord wanted to claim it because she owned the house/land it fell on, so they had a big legal battle over it. My grandmother kept her piece hidden the whole time so no one would know in case the lawsuit went south. Eventually they settled in court over it and got to keep it, but it took like a year or so I believe and by then nobody really cared about it anymore so they couldn't find anyone to sell it to in order to get any money out of it. So she decided she'd just donate the pieces to the museum. My grandmother asked if she could keep it, since she was giving them away anyway and the museum didn't really need both parts, so she agreed on the condition that she didn't try to sell it. And so it went... It stayed in my grandmother's possession until the day she died, where my aunt inherited it from her. One day she offered it to me because I was into nerdy things and science and such, she thought i'd appreciate it and she had no use for it, so I took it. My grandmother had already told me about its origins before she died. I went and saw the piece in the natural history museum once and sure enough, it's not only a perfect match, but you can see where it split and how it would fit perfectly into the other like a puzzle piece. That's probably the only way you could confirm its authenticity at this point since only a handful of people ever knew it existed in the first place. But I don't want to give it up or sell it. I just think its cool holding onto a piece of science history.

[@Skyhanger]

Maybe you can donate it to the natural history musem one day with this story, because once you're gone, how many people will pass on this story of the 2nd piece and make sure it doesn't get lost?

[@Lindwyrm6429]

I was expecting there to be something weird about Antarctica and that it attracts meteorites, but to my surprise no, they're just easier to find there

[@Lindwyrm6429]

@@Tatusiek_1 I don't know, that's what I thought the video was gonna explain

[@tuseroni6085]

tbf the video's name certainly implies there are more meteors hitting antarctica than any other place

[@Thetruthgirl]

Yeah, I thought it would because the South Pole is there so the magnetic field protecting the Earth is weaker.

[@edopronk1303]

Indeed. Or that Antarctica is somehow on the same plane as some astroid/meteor belt. There are meteor showers, so the timing of those could have been that Antarctica took the brunt.

[@pablosskates7067]

@@Tatusiek_1because the real answer is so freaking obvious that if someone went out of their way to make a 3 minute video you have to assume it’s cause of some weird thing that’s worth spending the time to point out.

[@Naidnapurugavihs]

This channel is one of the best channels in this entire platform which explains a LOT of interesting stuff with simple but still factual representation ❤❤❤❤❤

[@alveolate]

cthulhu is definitely factually represented!

[@yankeedoodle6069]

And puns. Don't forget the puns.

[@TonicofSonic]

WHY FILES

[@TonicofSonic]

@lanichilds2825 Thanks!!

[@secularmonk5176]

Love hearing stories about the scientific endeavors in Antarctica ... it's like going to Mars on easy mode.

[@SecanaGoudy]

Hi, I'm a meteorite scientist. It's wonderful to see a video in this topic area, especially one as accurate as this one. However here are a couple statements in the video that are somewhat off. 1) This is a subtle distinction, but meteorites aren't magnetic. What is the case is that most of them have enough nickel-iron in them that they'll stick to a magnet or attract a magnet, but this is not true of every meteorite. 2) The second major factor for why meteorites are rarely found outside of deserts, and which is arguably a more important factor (MinuteEarth is not wrong about the weathering, but weathering is not typically viewed as being the major issue for finding meteorites), is that meteorites are very hard to find in any environment with a lot of foliage or urban development. Even if you know a meteor recently came down into an area with a lot of plant cover or human development, there's good odds that a dedicated search will find little to nothing of the meteorite. In a desert, there's a lot less obscuring stuff in the way that needs to be sorted through to find the meteorites.

[@Iohannis42]

Is it possible that the extreme cold makes a difference?

[@WildlyStapled]

Thank you for sharing these details!

[@scrubyboat]

My favorite Minute Earth video just because of the ATLA references.

[@someguy12901]

fr fr

[@YoungGandalf2325]

My first guess was that the Earth's rotational velocity is lower at the poles which allows meteorites to survive the trip through the atmosphere. Or ferrous meteorites are more attracted to Earth's magnetic poles. Or the meteorites were launched by aliens trying to destroy Antarctica and the secret world hidden beneath it.

[@Zachyshows]

Probably 3

[@mrocto329]

I think- *puts on tin foil hat* I think it's aliens. There are thousands of viruses preserved in Antarctica still frozen & 'alive' due to the weather conditions (slightly cold, snowing). These viruses were sent by the aliens thousands of years ago before they decayed into civil war, and now that their communities have stabilized politically they are looking to attack again. But, keep in mind, they came out of civil war, so they do not have the power to send new viruses just yet. They sent the last one they could, covid-19, and now are trying to come up with excuses like 'climate change is melting the ice' while secretly sending rocks that break the ice down revealing the viruses.

[@nothing-mm8ui]

The aliens are just trying to protect us from the evil penguin empire.

[@babilon6097]

I was also wondering if it is anything similar to aurora.

[@tonydai782]

It's not even most of Antarctica, it's a specific region of Antarctica, so the first one is unlikely,

[@anthonymorris5084]

I have a collection. I store them in Antarctica. Stop touching them.

[@mars-decrypted2957]

What if I wear gloves?

[@anthonymorris5084]

@@mars-decrypted2957 I'd recommend wearing a complete set of clothes not just gloves.

[@marimuthus]

Are you antartica

[@adamstanton5313]

Can I have some ? Just a few.

[@frozenBird925]

I love this video! 😊 I had no idea about this. I would have guessed the magnetic field played into it, but the environmental conditions didn't cross my mind

[@evennot]

I think that's there's more to it. Moon's "dark side" and poles have more craters than the visible side. So I think space rocks that orbit in the ecliptics plane (where most planets and moons rotate) have a better chance to get absorbed by other planets and moon's gravity well. Probably

[@nigel900]

It would be absurd to think that a “majority” of meteorites “FOUND” on Earth in any location, would lead to the conclusion that more fell in one region. There is a substantial amount of weathering in temperate locations (including the worlds oceans) that would make finding such evidence IMPOSSIBLE.

[@dsvilko]

I love the simple illustration you did for the Transantarctic mountain range concentration mechanism. On the other hand, you did keep the widespread misconception that meteorites fall to the ground smoking hot / on fire.

[@shoam2103]

Why is it a misconception? What's the reason for it?

[@nade5557]

@shoam2103 the drag from thicker atmosphere layers slows them down enough to cool off before hitting the ground

[@dsvilko]

@@shoam2103 Space is really cold so inside of the rock starts at extremely low temperature. Passage through our atmosphere is short enough that the inside of the rock does not have time to warm up. Also, ablation of the surface material is very good at dissipating heat. The result is that meteorites fall at terminal velocity, not any faster than if you dropped them from a tall building. They can sometimes dig themselves a few inches into a soft soil but they don't make a crater unless they are untypically massive.

[@techheck3358]

I mean, it’s just an illustration. Antarctica doesn’t have a >:3 face either but it’s fun to see

[@dsvilko]

@@techheck3358 and if there was a justified worry that as this is an educational channel this video might reinforce a wrong idea that Antarctica indeed has a huge face (and this was already believed by 95% of people), you would absolutely have a point that it's the same thing :)

[@茉莉香歩美]

That Cthulhu made my day

[@KnowArt]

cool! my first instinct was that it had something to do with the rotation of the earth

[@isacami25]

same!

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

my guess was magnetism. glad to be proven incorrect.

[@GarrettFrechette]

Sea Cthulhu collecting meteorites is just the best thought.

[@Leo-d3p7n]

2:55 IS THAT AVATAR AANG?

[@gripperrod]

Jon Larson a Norwegian jazz musician became obsessed with finding micrometeorites and developed a technique for identifying them from the dust on rooftops. Since roofs haven’t been around long, the ones he found are relatively new and not eroded. He’s apparently revolutionised the science, all because he tried something the establishment considered impossible. An inspiring story.

[@techheck3358]

? Nobody considered it impossible

[@gripperrod]

@@techheck3358 According to the media accounts he was consistently told by the academics that it was not possible to separate micrometeorites from other dust from an urban environment. He was the first person to actually do it.

[@pikesticker]

Nothing very scientific about dragging a neodymium magnet down the length of the roof's gutters. Anything stuck to the magnet will be an iron micrometeorite.

[@gripperrod]

@@pikesticker not according to all the articles on the subject.

[@techheck3358]

@@gripperrod can you provide a source? the only people saying "scientists thought it was impossible" is jon larsen himself on his website where he sells them.

[@WindsorMason]

The Pokey hiding in back (at 1:00 ) fits in well in both deserts. :D

[@themaskedcrusader]

ok, this was clever. I was wondering why the stick-guy looked an awful bit lit Sokka until the reference to Aang and Appa at the end. Good job, guys.

[@mn1729]

Thanks!

[@SRFriso94]

I was wondering if that early Sokka cameo was going anywhere being a reference to his meteorite sword (probably wouldn't work very well, btw). Turns out, it was.

[@NiyaKouya]

Love your videos, the humor (though the puns can get a bit out of hand in some 😅) and all the little references (AtlA!)

[@Nyshachor]

I like how the illustrator is an Avatar fan. Loved seeing Sokka Aang and Aappa

[@BloodyMobile]

1:45 that animation is adorable

[@K0wface]

Short, simple, and informative! Thanks!

[@alphaapple1375]

I loved how #MinuteEarth included the mythological Cthulhu.

[@QixTheDS]

Boy what the hell you mean “mythological?”

[@markokostelac7282]

@@QixTheDS cuz he aint real

[@QixTheDS]

@@markokostelac7282 stop lyin

[@JojoJere]

@@QixTheDS he aint real

[@QixTheDS]

@@JojoJere cap

[@Ascertivon]

Fascinating! Great, well-put together video as usual.

[@hornetIIkite3]

Loved Aang in the ice-berg, and sokka looking for his space rock

[@dukeofglasgow9354]

And the meteorite looks like the sozin’s comet

[@rayyaninspookymonth1630]

1:45 did antarctica do the frekin >:3 face

[@MaxTakeANap]

[@weizhao4840]

i am 11 years old...and i know more science than most of the 9th graders in my school becuz of min earth. tk u 4 making me smart!!

[@petacarney9848]

Thank you for pronouncing “Antarctica” correctly. So many forget about the first “c”. You earned my subscription 🌸.

[@justabro4001]

Guys can we get a petition for hour earth I love the one minute vids buy imagine a movie XD

[@lemagicbaguette1917]

A Minute-of-Minutes Earth?

[@luketurner314]

2:04 And here I thought "blue ice" was a made up thing for Minecraft

[@jacen60]

0:28 SOKKA?!?!!

[@That.One.Kid_]

Literally my reaction

[@TadtaBouaphengkhoun]

Wow that’s a good reference!

[@UnclePengy]

2:45 "Just the tip of the iceberg." In Antarctica. I see what you did there.

[@robertcook5201]

Exceptional job. Concise and well illustrated.

[@phamthao5627]

Your channel is the best to watch! Can you make a video about Pokemon too? (I'm crazy about it)

[@Pencilneckgeek216]

Haven't watched yet, but wanted to make a guess: most meteors have high concentrations of metal, so they follow the magnetic lines to the poles.

[@Field_Ant]

hmmm that's actually kinda good

[@looks-suspicious]

Yes, just like all the man-made satellites and space vehicles, they keep veering off course and crashing in the polar regions, right? The forces created by Earth's magnetic field are tremendous. Does that pass the sniff test? Erm no.

[@bort6414]

Afraid not. The earth's magnetic field may contribute a tiny fraction of the forces acting on a meteorite, but the magnetic field of the earth is far to weak to actually have any significant effect on objects moving many times the speed of sound towards the surface.

[@VeryNormiee]

MinuteEarth makes learning fun and interesting.

[@MN-pu6qx]

Great video. Thanks.

[@ladyofthemasque]

Chibithulhu AND Aangstboy, niiiiice!

[@NoelleSmith-m4x]

Short, simple, and informative! Thanks!. Fascinating! Great, well-put together video as usual..

[@nathanhale7444]

I used to have one. At least I think that's what it was. It was only about an inch and a half long. It was broken showing a metallic interior with a melted exterior. Most meteorites are tiny. Smaller than a grain of rice. If you run a strong magnet around any random place you find them. Often mixed with chunks of rusty metal

[@Rowan.Albright]

Great video, as always!

[@sergiojuanmembiela6223]

Also, it is speculated that the first metalworking civilizations in the Old World used whatever ferrous meteorites they could get their hands on.

[@banaanipassifin4159]

Best video about Media Rights ive seen

[@akshaymurukate7163]

I love the animation ❤

[@BigStrap]

What a delightful framing device for this one!

[@thomasgrimm1664]

Awesome graphics, really fun to watch!

[@qqq1701]

I thought it was going to be Antarctica gets more for some reason but they're just easier to find there.

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

Exactly. The rate of deposition is the same as it is everywhere else on Earth, it's just that the accessibility & likelihood of preservation are higher.

[@lokeshsaivarma3024]

Beautiful music & voice combination. Lovely to watch 😍😍❤.

[@strawberrymilk_nya]

Loving the Avatar The Last Airbender references!

[@Alan-bi7dm]

Very well explained.

[@Theiliteritesbian]

Good video. Also thanks for not dragging it out to 18 minutes

[@swayback7375]

So simple, easy to watch or show others Thanks!

[@babilon6097]

Cthulu? I don't remember that pokémon...

[@Zaxares]

Cthulhu was deemed too OP and got removed from the games. ;P

[@Marshal_999]

how is this comment 10 hours ago

[@silviavalentine3812]

It's cause pokemon are his babies xD

[@touhidrhman9278]

KZbin is on dru*s man. It says 10h ago

[@killedbydead2953]

Ah,lovecraft wrote about some loveley and cute creatures,didnt he?

[@Mike91975]

I love the footnote at 2:16

[@amaralharbi-iv7tc]

this channel is the best

[@timothyscheneman1689]

Remember learning this in geology, was really cool

[@StarbornCthulhu]

You have no idea how annoying it is getting pelted by space pebbles. At least they look pretty when on display

[@anuragguptamr.i.i.t.2329]

I LOVED THE AVATAR'S APPEARACNCE IN THIS VIDEO.

[@kiranus8286]

Awesome concept and enjoyable animations

[@kyng272]

I love the Sokka's Space Sword reference! That is so clever! More Avatar representation!

[@kit2770]

That was a very thorough and satisfying explanation. 👍

[@AyratHungryStudent]

What I learned from this video: Cthulhu collects meteorites.

[@juliemarkham4332]

Love the graphics!

[@MinusMedley]

That is where the iron filings go on a magnet too, Arctic has lots too they're just at the bottom of the ocean.

[@nitisharyan8413]

2:55 Appa!!!

[@MrSlosh]

I was going to guess magnets, but a cuddly glacier custodian is pretty cool too.

[@constance.mcentee]

This is the first and only time I've seen an educational video featuring guest appearances by both Cthulhu and Aang.

[@scarujo666]

Sokka reference with meteorites, love it. and then Aang buried in ice. S2

[@SparklySpencer]

0:01 Okay, yep, I understand, I would basically be reviewing this, so thanks

[@kromboolll]

Wait is that Sokka?🧐 0:28 UPD: Aaah yes after Aand and Appa at 2:52 it's definetly him

[@WanderlustMagpie]

He found one to snake the meteorite sword, this is a good joke.

[@Aditya-tx3zc]

One of the most wholesome video💜

[@kaleoariola]

Awesome amout of information and context in a small amout of time. Well done mahalo for sharing

[@pratikmali9277]

Biggest desert is…. (Me: Sahara) you guessed it, ANTARCTICA (Me: 😮)

[@tonydai782]

The Sahara is the largest hot desert. Desert's are measured by precipitation, not temperature remember.

[@deepikamali1149]

Same 1:09

[@mackomaxo]

Interesting how Sokka literally lives in the South Pole but found his "space earth" in the middle of the equator 💀

[@psylonmusic5264]

Love this Sokka cameo so much

[@martinharris5017]

Thanks, you've answered a question I have been asking myself!

[@poksnee]

Very nice, thanks.

[@erdelegy]

This video has a style!

[@mikeh1259]

That was great thank you! I learned that the glaciers act like conveyor belts and transport millennia worth of meteorites to certain gathering grounds scattered about Antarctica. Also, thank you for properly pronouncing "Antarctica". and not saying "Annarticka" 👌

[@thesatelliteslickers907]

haven't watched yet. but my hypothesis is its a combination between them being wasier to find in the ice than it is in just dirt. as welll as the thinner atmosphere up there meaning they have less chance to burn up in the atmosphere

[@davidnguyen3469]

It hasn't even been an hour and I've seen this video change the thumbnail 3 times already. What the heck?

[@Essuna]

My dude! Cuthulu (or however it is written) AND Avatar! I love learning new things, but if I can giggle through the lesson is always better! Instant follow! Cuthulu may have a hoarding problem 😂

[@luutas]

I was asking why is Sokka in this video... Then I saw the reference at the end 😂 love it

[@burningchrome70]

This is adorable And educational!

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

I never knew Antarctica was so thoughtful and considerate.

[@fredrichenning1367]

I found one tennis-ball size (nickel/iron) in my garden while "tilling the soil".

[@kevinbihari]

That sokka thing was a nice touch

[@the_mad_bunnyx9537]

I know its silly for me to care since it is just an illustration that is not meant to be 100% accurate, but it bothers me that the meteoroids are meteors all the way down to the ground. This doesn't happen for small (not wiping out large areas) meteoroids. They plow through enough atmosphere to slow down below the speed of sound and stop being heated up. (a.k.a. the dark flight). By the time they get to the ground they have long ceased glowing. It would just be a falling rock.

[@Shooter__Andy]

Oh boy, can't wait to go look for stuff from space in the Antarctic! ...Heeey, is that a dog from the Norwegian outpost?

[@jacksonfurlong3757]

So we could mine glaciers for meteorites? Awesome!

[@brandonzzz9924]

Aang casually sitting inside of Sozin's Comet at the end

[@chrishei3111]

I learned 2 major thing here, I didnt realize antarctica was so big! and the meteors being found there is fascinating! I was sorta hoping it would be due to magnetic poles and something weird about meteors, but it makes sense that the rest just fade away

[@chrishei3111]

after writing my comment I see that most of the comments are the same thing lol, us viewers are all pretty like minded hehe

[@None_of_your_business666]

1:30 don't worry, humanity is making a huge effort to get them out of the ice

[@evobsm2328]

Beceause here is why: try to find a meteorite between a bunch of other millions of rocks on the streets/mountains or wooded areas. A needle in a haystack doesnt even begin to cover the insanity of trying to find a small pebble size meteorite between the maze that is earth. Finding a small rock in a desolate white wasteland... now that makes it a lot easier espescially if they fell recently.

[@Cyberbully34]

Antarctica is so kind for collecting space rocks for us