Dozens of near-Earth asteroids formed from the breakup of a comet 20,000 years ago, study finds
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Dozens of near-Earth asteroids formed from the breakup of a comet 20,000 years ago, study finds

Daily Mail  

A swarm of 88 near-Earth asteroids hidden in the debris that produces the Taurid Meteor Shower comes from the breakup of a single comet just 20,000 years ago, a new study has revealed. This allowed them to present 'further evidence' that Comet Encke, and the larger asteroids, all came from the breakup of a 62-mile-wide ice ball 20,000 years ago. The team say the asteroids in the stream could pose a threat to the Earth, and that other objects that came from the ancient comet may have hit the planet in the past. A swarm of 88 near-Earth asteroids hidden in the debris that produces the Taurid Meteor Shower come from the breakup of a single comet just 20,000 years ago, a new study has revealed What is the Taurid complex?

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