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1. The Evolution of Asteroids as Meteorite Parent-Bodies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The hypothesis that the asteroid belt is the source region for nearly all meteorite remains viable and there is no compelling reason to ascribe any meteorites to cometary origin. On the other hand, uncertainties about the true composition of the larger S type asteroids and difficulties in finding plausible main-belt source-bodies for the ordinary chondrites leave room open for further speculation on this question. The scenario for the evolution of asteroids, based on collisional models of two distinct populations of different physical properties, is being criticized and refined. It remains uncertain whether this approach will ultimately prove to be the correct interpretation of the collisional evolution of asteroids.
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- Part V. Orbital Evolution and Fragmentation of Asteroids
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 39: Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites: Interrelations, Evolution and Origins , December 1977 , pp. 265 - 275
- Copyright
- Copyright © A.H. Delsemme 1977
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