During the turbulent early history of the solar system, the materials that shaped Earth might have been formed very far out in space, suggests a study.
A carbonaceous meteorite is thought to have contributed to Earth's formation, which came from outer main-belt asteroids.
Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have recently proposed that these asteroidal materials may have formed far out in the early solar system and then been transported to the inner solar system by chaotic mixing processes.
Our Solar System is believed to have formed from a cloud of gas and dust, the so-called solar nebula, which began to condense on itself gravitationally ~ 4.6 billion years ago. As this cloud contracte.
Materials that formed the Earth may have been formed very far out in the early solar system and then brought in during the turbulent early history of the solar system, suggests a study. Earth is believed to have formed partly from carbonaceous meteorites, which are thought to come from outer main-belt asteroids. The new study, led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of