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16 paź 2024 · Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies report, including a particularly cataclysmic impact event...
18 paź 2024 · The team studied the composition of meteorites found on Earth and conducted a telescopic survey of the materials that make up the major asteroid families in the asteroid belt.
17 paź 2024 · Until now, only a small fraction of meteorites that land on Earth had been firmly linked back to their parent body out in space – but a set of new studies has just given us compelling origin stories for more than 90 percent of meteorites today.
23 paź 2024 · So far, astronomers have been able to trace about 6 % of all meteorites on Earth back to their various sources. But the percentage has risen to 70, after an international team of researchers revealed that the majority of meteorites originate from just three sources.
16 paź 2024 · There are other sources of meteorites on Earth, to be certain. For instance, around 6 percent come from either the Moon, Mars, or the asteroid 4 Vesta, a strange and tantalizingly large object in ...
Most meteorites found on Earth come from shattered asteroids, although some come from Mars or the Moon. In theory, small pieces of Mercury or Venus could have also reached Earth, but none have been conclusively identified.
17 paź 2024 · New studies show that 70% of the 70,000 meteorites that have been found on Earth have come from 3 recent collisions in the main asteroid belt which sits between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The ...
