Primitive asteroids in the main asteroid belt may have formed far from the sun (w/ Video)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 12:56
in Astronomy & Space
Many of the objects found today in the asteroid belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter may have formed in the outermost reaches of the solar system, according to an international team of astronomers led by scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).
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