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A new study from the University of Florida has found that 85 percent of our solar system's asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is made up of the remnants of five or six ancient small planets.
Lead author on the newly published research paper Stanley Dermott says it's likely that the remaining 15 percent could also end up being from old planets too.
Asteroid belt research provides a glimpse of how our own land has been formed. Asteroid belt research provides an overview of how our own Earth has been formed.
"If any of them ever comes to earth, and we want to divert them, we need to know what their nature is."
"These large bodies whiz by the Earth, so of course we're very concerned about how many of these there are and what types of material are in them," Dermott said in a press release. "Those great bodies are whistling through the Earth.", Of course, we are very concerned about the number and type of material they contain," said Mr. Dermott in a press release.
The study has found that asteroid size determines its orbit. This finding suggests that the differences we see in meteorites found on Earth are related to evolutionary changes that have occurred within a few large ones, state-of-the-art organizations that were in existence over four billion years ago.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we eventually trace the origins of all asteroids in the main asteroid belt, not just those in the inner belt, to a small number of known parent bodies,” Dermott said. This research helps theoretical astronomers explore where planets like ours could exist in the universe.
But before we fully understand these issues, it is critical to better understand the processes that have produced the planet on which we live. Last month, NASA discovered an asteroid striking the Earth.
NASA observes earthbound asteroid
The asteroid burned up before impact, but its observation provided scientists with more information about the nature and behavior of the chunks of rock.
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NASA observes a landbound asteroid The asteroid burned before impact.
NASA is observing landlocked asteroids, but his observation has given scientists more information about the nature and behavior of rock fragments. [see also]nasa was excited to find out about the asteroid, the object on the collision course is only the third asteroid found by the agency to impact the ground on an impact course. Lindley Johnson, an official at NASA's Planetary Defense team described planetary defense team's thoughts saying:
"[T]his real-world event allows us to exercise our capabilities and gives some confidence our impact prediction models are adequate to respond to the potential impact of a larger object."
Via: UFL
