Ordovician Meteor Event

Azimuth 2019-09-25

Summary:

About 1/3 of the meteorites hitting Earth today come from one source: the L chondrite parent body, an asteroid 100–150 kilometers across that was smashed in an impact 468 million years ago. This was biggest asteroid collision in the last 3 billion years! Here is an L-chondrite: A chondrite is a stony, non-metallic meteorite that […]

Link:

https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2019/09/25/ordovician-meteor-event/

From feeds:

Online Mathematical Communication » Azimuth

Tags:

astronomy

Authors:

John Baez

Date tagged:

09/25/2019, 09:48

Date published:

09/25/2019, 09:24