How Do You Trace a Meteorite Back to Its Home?
- Episode aired Jul 20, 2021
- 6m
Twenty-two million years ago a meteor collided with the asteroid Vesta creating the Rubria crater and launching a rock a bit larger than a meter in diameter into space. In 2018 that rock fou... Read allTwenty-two million years ago a meteor collided with the asteroid Vesta creating the Rubria crater and launching a rock a bit larger than a meter in diameter into space. In 2018 that rock found it's way to earth. Fortunately it was detected before impact enabling astronomers to id... Read allTwenty-two million years ago a meteor collided with the asteroid Vesta creating the Rubria crater and launching a rock a bit larger than a meter in diameter into space. In 2018 that rock found it's way to earth. Fortunately it was detected before impact enabling astronomers to identify the impact location and collect fragments. Years of scientific sleuthing traced it ... Read all