Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.