Almahata Sitta meteorite could come from triple asteroid mash-up
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 21:30
in Astronomy & Space
Analysis of fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite, which landed in Sudan in 2008, has shown that the parent asteroid was probably formed through collisions of three different types of asteroids. The meteorites are of particular interest because they contain material both primitive and evolved types of asteroids.