28 April 2021
Fragment of asteroid 2018 LA recovered in Central Kalahari Game Reserve in central Botswana.
(Image credit: SETI institute)
A small asteroid barreled through the sky and burned up over the Kalahari Desert of Botswana in the summer of 2018 and now, scientists suspect that the space rock originated from Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the
The small
asteroid, named 2018 LA, was first observed through a telescope at the University of Arizona s Catalina Sky Survey and looked like a speck of light whizzing through the stars, This is only the second time we have spotted an asteroid in space before it hit
26 April 2021
Fragment of asteroid 2018 LA recovered in Central Kalahari Game Reserve in central Botswana.
(Image credit: SETI Institute)
A small asteroid barreled through the sky and burned up over the Kalahari Desert of Botswana in the summer of 2018 and now, scientists suspect that the space rock originated from Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the
The small
asteroid, named 2018 LA, was first observed through a telescope at the University of Arizona s Catalina Sky Survey and looked like a speck of light whizzing through the stars, This is only the second time we have spotted an asteroid in space before it hit
Meteorite that landed in Botswana tracked to its birthplace in the asteroid belt msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Scientists retrace asteroid’s long one-way trip to Earth
An international team of scientists has reconstructed the 22-million-year journey of an asteroid through the Solar System to its impact on Earth.
The research on the flight path of the asteroid, which landed in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana on 2 June 2018, is the first time that scientists have precisely mapped a meteorite’s voyage to Earth.
The breakthrough offers new insights into the Solar System’s ancient past, including a better understanding of its second-largest asteroid and the only one visible to the naked eye.
NASA Ames Research Center and the SETI Institute in the US led the international research, which involved scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University in Western Australia.