Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists Discover

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  Resaerchers have found that the vast majority of meteorites pummelling the Earth's atmosphere come from only three different asteroid families, groups of space rocks that resulted from the same collision millions of years ago.

The ensuing fragments can be sent screaming through the solar system at extremely fast speeds.

The scientists used computer simulations and a telescopic survey to reveal the ancestry of the majority of these meteorites.

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Author / Journalist: Victor Tangermann

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: Off World The digest Near-earth objects Earth Asteroid belt Asteroids

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Published On: 2024-10-23 @ 23:05:30 (1 weeks ago)

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