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Most of Earth's meteorites may have come from the same 3 spots

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Scientists have identified three distinct asteroid families in the main asteroid belt as the source of 70% of Earth 's meteorites.

The Karin , Koronis and Massalia asteroid families formed from collisions about 5.8 million , 7.5 million and 40 million years ago.

Until now, 6% of meteorites had been identified ( via their compositions) as coming from the moon, Mars or Vesta .

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