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Astronomers Trace Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite That Crashed to Earth


23 APRIL 2021
The asteroid2018 LA crashed into Earth in the Kalahari Desert on 2 June 2018 – and now scientists have been able to trace it back 22 million years to the place where it originated from.
 
This is the first time a meteorite s entire voyage to Earth has been charted in this way, and it s only the second time that we ve ever had the opportunity to observe an asteroid in space before it enters the atmosphere and becomes a meteor.
Based on those early observations, analysis of the recovered meteorite fragments, and various other factors, a new study pinpoints the origin of 2018 LA as Vesta – the Solar System s second largest asteroid and the only one that can sometimes be seen from Earth with the naked eye. ....

Western Australia , Hadrien Devillepoix , Motopi Pan , Peter Jenniskens , Christopher Onken , Australian National University , Curtin University , Botswana Geoscience Institute , Kalahari Desert , Solar System , Howardite Eucrite Diogenite , Central Kalahari Game Reserve , Botswana Geoscience , மேற்கு ஆஸ்திரேலியா , கிறிஸ்டோபர் ஓங்கன் , ஆஸ்திரேலிய தேசிய பல்கலைக்கழகம் , கர்டின் பல்கலைக்கழகம் , போட்ஸ்வானா புவி அறிவியல் நிறுவனம் , கேலஹாரீ பாலைவனம் , சூரிய அமைப்பு , மைய கேலஹாரீ விளையாட்டு இருப்பு , போட்ஸ்வானா புவி அறிவியல் ,