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Jul 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976gecoa..40..701c&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 40, July 1976, p. 701-719.
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Asteroids, Meteoritic Composition, Spectral Reflectance, Stony Meteorites, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Fragmentation, Histograms, Particle Collisions, Stony-Iron Meteorites
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A review of astronomical evidence suggests that asteroids are the parent-bodies for most meteorites. The surfaces of most asteroids are like carbonaceous chondrites while a significant minority are of stony-iron composition. Other meteorite types are recognized in the belt but are rare. The size distribution of stony-iron asteroids implies they are remnant cores of about 100 differentiated bodies subjected to collisional fragmentation by carbonaceous objects initially about 300 times more numerous than now. Incomplete evidence on parent-body collisions exists in data on Hirayama families, asteroid lightcurves, and the compositional homogeneity of individual asteroids. Modern-day asteroid regoliths are thin and cannot have been environments for formation of most brecciated, gas-rich meteorites; such meteorites formed during early accretion of the asteroids. A scenario for the origin and evolution of meteorite parent-bodies is presented which includes: (1) interruption of planet-formation by processes due to Jupiter; (2) substantial asteroidal collisions during the first 0.5 b.y.; and (3) formation of most meteorite types within the differentiated bodies.
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