Meteorites in Africa Traced to Asteroid "Parent"
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 10:28
in Astronomy & Space
For the first time, astronomers have been able to track down meteorites from an asteroid spotted before it broke up in Earth's atmosphere and the space rocks are among the rarest known.
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