Researchers in the US have found that the asteroid named 2008 TC3 that exploded in the atmosphere of the Earth in 2008 was part of a space rock that contained water. Based on the presence of a kind of amphibole crystal, it has been found that due to intermediate temperature and pressure, this parent asteroid formed in the presence of …
They found that the meteorites contained enough hydrogen in them to provide Earth with at least three times the water mass of its oceans. The team found that the rocks contained enough hydrogen in them to provide Earth with at least three times the water mass of its oceans — and possibly much more. The isotopic composition of the oceans …