Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet ...
"Supporting evidence includes the existence of associated dust bands, the cosmic-ray exposure ages of H chondrite meteorites, ...
An international team led by three researchers from the CNRS, the European Southern Observatory (ESO, Europe), and Charles ...
An international team has successfully demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite falls originate from just three young asteroid families. These families were produced by three recent collisions ...
Over time, the meteorites that land on Earth will be able to tell the story of events happening 200 million miles away in ...
The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder ...
Researchers found that 70% of meteorites originate from three asteroid families formed by recent collisions. They have ...
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Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.
Read the paper: Young asteroid families as the primary source of meteorites Ordinary chondrites ... suggesting that they were all once part of the same object before its collision with another ...