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Since there are many kinds of meteorites, they may come from different extraterrestrial objects Here are a few things scientists study to determine the source of meteorites: They compare them This has allowed scientists to infer that some ...
http://www.meteoritemarket.com/where.htm
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Two astronomers say have determined that most of these meteorites come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Using the GEMINI telescope, they found that asteroids in that region are similar to chondrites found on Earth.
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www.universetoday.com/2008/07/14/where-do-meteorites-co...
www.universetoday.com/2008/07/14/where-do-meteorites-come-from/
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How do we know meteorites come from space? ... Meteorites that come from the asteroid belt are about the same age as the solar system, approximately 4.5 billion years old. No Earth rocks are this old, because they have all been ground up and reformed repeatedly by erosion and the Earth ... Discover where meteorites come from...
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meteorites.asu.edu/meteorite-facts/where-do-they-come
meteorites.asu.edu/meteorite-facts/where-do-they-come
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The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will watch the asteroid belt closely to help determine the source of meteorites on earth. NEAR will orbit Eros, an S-class asteroid. Spectral measurements made from earth in the 1970s ide...
http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Science-and-technology/Wh...
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A number of meteorites on Earth are rocks blasted off the moon and Mars. Still, most meteorites are thought to come from the asteroid belt. For years, scientists had a hard time figuring out which asteroids the meteorites came from. While r...
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/071217-mm-asteroi...
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The Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites ... All meteorites come from inside our solar system. Most of them are fragments of asteroids that broke apart long ago in the asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter. Such fragments orbit the Sun for some time-often millions of years-before colliding with Earth.
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www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/meteorites/what/wher...
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/meteorites/what/where.php
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Only in the late 18th century did scientist begin to recognize that meteorites were extraterrestrial matter. Some come from the Moon and others from Mars.
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www.xtec.es/recursos/astronom/craters/meteorite.htm
www.xtec.es/recursos/astronom/craters/meteorite.htm
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Meteorites have pelted Earth from space for billions of years, but the identity of their source has long stumped planetary scientists. To pin it down, scientists intend to throw something back: the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft.
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www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/271/5250/757
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Most meteorites come from the asteroid belt. The first clear evidence came in 1959, when scientists were able to photograph an incoming meteorite with enough accuracy to calculate its orbit and determine where it originated.
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www.mnh.si.edu/earth/text/5_4_1_2.html
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