MIT solves puzzle of meteorite-asteroid link

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 16:07 in Astronomy & Space

Researchers have found why the majority of asteroids that come near Earth are of a type that matches only a fraction of the meteorites that tend to hit our planet: the meteorites come straight in from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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