Asteroid breakup may explain inner solar system bombardment 800 million years ago

Asteroid breakup may explain inner solar system bombardment 800 million years ago. A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and an inner-solar-system-wide bombardment episode that may have had measurable biological and geological consequences on Earth.

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Trechos de apoio da pauta: A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and an inner-solar-system-wide bombardment episode that may have had measurable biological and geological consequences on Earth. The research suggests that the catastrophic breakup of the Eulalia parent body could be linked to an impact shower that struck the terrestrial planets about 800 million years ago.

• Ponto de atenção: asteroid.
• Ponto de atenção: breakup.
• Ponto de atenção: explain.

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