DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT PLANETS -- ''THE ORIGIN AND FACTS OF ASTEROIDS AND METEORITES''
Most asteroids and meteorites originate from the splintering of a handful
of minor planets formed during the infancy of our solar system, a new study
shows.
The study found at least 85% of 200,000 asteroids in the inner asteroid belt .
The main source of Earth's meteorites -- originate from five or six ancient
minor planets.
The other 15 percent may also trace their origins to the same group of primordial
bodies, said Stanley Dermott, lead author and a theoretical astronomer at the
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA,
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