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Asteroid 2018 LA in space (top left image by the Catalina Sky Survey) and the first 23 meteorites recovered on the ground as photographed in situ (scale of each figure is about 4 x 4 cm). Meteorites are shown in order of find (MP-01 top left, to MP-23 bottom right). Image credit: Jenniskens et al., doi: 10.1111/maps.13653.

Asteroid 2018 LA Likely Came from Vesta, Researchers Say

Apr 30, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

2018 LA, a 1.5-m-wide asteroid that disintegrated harmlessly over Botswana, Africa, just hours after its discovery on June 2, 2018, is only the second...