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MIT solves puzzle of meteorite-asteroid link

web.mit.edu — New analysis makes it possible to 'know our enemy' For the last few years, astronomers have faced a puzzle: The vast majority of asteroids that come near the Earth are of a type that matches only a tiny fraction of the meteorites that most frequently hit our planet.

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  • jecruzs, on 08/15/2008, -0/+13their
  • Scotty87, on 08/15/2008, -1/+9Wow these comments sound like they come from people of IQs below 50.

    Yeah digg me down like I care.
  • noahgelman, on 08/15/2008, -0/+6Interesting read. I didn't know that asteroids could alter their paths by absorbing the heat from the suns rays.
  • inactive, on 08/15/2008, -1/+6Asteroids are crazy bastards.
  • suntzusputnik, on 08/15/2008, -2/+6meteorite-asteroid? link? majora's mask?
  • Dylson, on 08/15/2008, -1/+3YAY SMART PEOPLE!
  • sysop073, on 08/15/2008, -0/+2"Wow these comments sound like they come from people of IQs below 50"

    You have clearly never read Digg comment threads before. I'm downright thrilled I have yet to see "***** you, two of my friends were killed by a meteorite"
  • AmyVernon, on 08/15/2008, -2/+3That is beyond fascinating for no reason whatsoever.
  • TheZorch, on 08/15/2008, -1/+2Dugg for the Half-Life 2 quote.
  • TheZorch, on 08/15/2008, -2/+3I agree with Scotty87, you guys are pathetic.
  • AeonTorpor, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1I think i'm a little confused about their findings.

    "But the more they looked, the more they found that most NEAs -- about two-thirds of them -- match a specific type of meteorites called LL chondrites, which only represent about 8 percent of meteorites. How could that be?"

    Yet, he concludes:

    "Binzel says. "Odds are, an object we might have to deal with would be like an LL chondrite, and thanks to our samples in the laboratory, we can measure its properties in detail,""

    I don't understand: if only 8% are LL chondrites, then why is that our most likely source. I think someone accidentally misstated the type of meteorite in one of these sections. What about the other 92%?
  • warsongs7, on 08/15/2008, -3/+3IRONY!!
  • inactive, on 08/15/2008, -3/+3Rusty: Ya' got Asteroids?

    Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days.
  • BleachIchigo, on 08/15/2008, -1/+1heheheh not only it chaos between us, we are being attacked by the outside! well imagine a world with a full coorporation from all the nations, instead of competing with each other, imagine where would it lead us.... well just imagine..
  • MadHarvey, on 08/15/2008, -1/+0The meteorite is the source of the light, and the meteor is just what we see. The meteoroid is a stone that's devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee...

    The asteroid is...*****. That wasn't in the song....
  • kcap122, on 08/15/2008, -2/+1Yes I know my enemies
    Theyre the teachers who taught me to fight me
    Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission
    Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite
    All of which are american dreams
  • chubbybubba, on 08/15/2008, -4/+1Forget Asteroids, the MIT brains need to get to work on the garbage fueled flux capacitor.
  • Nyaos, on 08/14/2008, -8/+4I see there MIT education really pays for itself.

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