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Cometary Versus Asteroidal Origin of Chondritic Meteorites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

George W. Wetherill
George W. Wetherill*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles

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Much of what we know about the early history of the solar system has been learned from the study of meteorites. This results from the fact, demonstrated by isotopic age measurements, that all of the various classes of stone and iron meteorites were formed 4.6 X 109 yr ago within a short period of time, probably less than 100 million yr in duration. This is also the age of Earth and the Moon and may be presumed to be the time of formation of the solid bodies in the solar system. Measurements of the products of the decay of the extinct radioactive isotopes 129Xe and 244Pu show, furthermore, that the formation of these solid bodies occurred within 100 million yr of the time of separation of the solar nebula from interstellar matter. Except for physical fragmentation into smaller bodies, the chemical and mineralogical composition of most meteorites has been essentially unaltered since this time during the formation interval of the solar system.

Type
Part II-Origin of Asteroids Interrelations with Comets, Meteorites, and Meteors
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 12: Physical Studies of Minor Planets , 1971 , pp. 447 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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