MIT solves puzzle of meteorite-asteroid link: New analysis makes it possible to 'know our enemy'
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 15:28
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the last few years, astronomers have faced a puzzle: The vast majority of asteroids that come near the Earth are of a type that matches only a tiny fraction of the meteorites that most frequently hit our planet.
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