[DLS] Miroslav Brǒz (Charles University, Prague)
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm Location: 54-100 Dixie Lee Bryant Lecture Hall | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA“On the origin of meteorites. Why Natureˆ¹ tricked us for so long?”
ˆ¹ Not the journal
The ordinary chondrite meteorites comprise 70% of all falls. Hereinafter we explain their origin as ejecta from three relatively recent collisions in the asteroid belt — related to the Massalia Koronis and Karin asteroid families. Our conclusions are supported by various kinds of observations ranging from reflectance spectroscopy of near-Earth asteroidsinfrared photometry of dust bands radiometric dating of meteorites to bolide orbits prior to atmospheric entry.
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