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Scientists Find a Meteorite That Could Reshape Our Understanding of Asteroids – Gizmodo Australia
Scientists have released an analysis of a meteorite fragment gathered after a 2008 asteroid near-collision with Earth. They show the parent asteroid was huge, and…
Scientists have released an analysis of a meteorite fragment gathered after a 2008 asteroid near-collision with Earth. They show the parent asteroid was huge, and the results suggest that special, water-holding type of asteroids can be larger and have different mineral compositions than previously thought.
The studys findings were published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy and look at the chemical composition of a sliver of those meteorite fragments.
The story of the fragments begins in…
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