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The Late Heavy Bombardment was followed a few billion years later by the Comparatively Light but Oddly Specific Bombardment.
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1L rocks are still pretty large rocks. You could cut that in half and double the area.
Well, they'd be a bit smaller after going through the atmosphere.
What if it goes through a series of splits into equal sized spheres as it is going through the atmosphere to minimize the SA:V ratio to what is necesary?