Tag: main belt

  • Young asteroid families are the primary source of meteorites

    Young asteroid families are the primary source of meteorites

    Researchers have described the origins of the regolithic dust shower in the Chelyabinsk meteorite. The origin of the regolithic dust shower has been found to be the result of the breakup of an asteroid in the main belt. This comes a week after Chelyabinsk-based researchers reported that a regolithic dust shower was observed in the…