University of Arizona: Near-Earth Asteroid Was Blasted From a Crater on the Moon, Study Finds
April 26, 2024
April 26, 2024
TUCSON, Arizona, April 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
For the first time, scientists have traced an asteroid to its exact place of origin - a particular crater on the moon. Unlike most near-Earth asteroids, which are thought to hail from the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, asteroid 2016 HO3, also known as Kamo'oalewa, was likely blasted from the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon's far side and has been . . .
For the first time, scientists have traced an asteroid to its exact place of origin - a particular crater on the moon. Unlike most near-Earth asteroids, which are thought to hail from the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, asteroid 2016 HO3, also known as Kamo'oalewa, was likely blasted from the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon's far side and has been . . .