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There’s an asteroid the size of a small planet lurking in our solar system – Digital Trends
Scientists studying a shard of meteorite have found evidence that it comes from a previously unknown asteroid that could be as large as the dwarf planet Ceres.
Scientists studying a shard of meteorite have found evidence that it comes from a previously unknown asteroid that could be as large as the dwarf planet Ceres. The meteorite, Almahata Sitta (AhS), fell to Earth in 2008, and the researchers studied its composition to learn about the asteroid from which it came.
A meteorite is the name for a piece of debris that falls to Earth, and this particular one comes from an asteroid, which is a small object which orbits the sun. Asteroids are typically much…
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