Reanalysis of the Benesov bolide and recovery of polymict breccia meteorites (Spurny et al.)
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- Published on 13 October 2014
Vol. 570
In section 10. Planets and planetary systems
Reanalysis of the Benesov bolide and recovery of polymict breccia meteorites - old mystery solved after 20 years
A&A press release. Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the spectacular discovery of meteorite fragments 20 years
after the corresponding bolide was seen in the skies of the Czech Republic. This discovery was
made possible by reanalyzing the trajectory that moved the impact line by 330 meters. Interestingly,
the meteorites found on the ground are of different types, pointing to a parent asteroid of
heterogeneous composition. Read the A&A press release.