An Archaean heavy bombardment from a destabilized extension of the asteroid belt

2012/04/24 by W. F. Bottke, William F. Bottke, David Vokrouhlický +8 · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Planetary Science and Exploration

paper · doi:10.1038/nature10967

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Citations

• The geologic history of the Moon
• Origin of the cataclysmic Late Heavy Bombardment period of the terrestrial planets
• Linking the collisional history of the main asteroid belt to its dynamical excitation and depletion
• Origin of the orbital architecture of the giant planets of the Solar System

Cited by

• Spherule layers, crater scaling laws, and the population of ancient terrestrial impactors
• Re-examining the main asteroid belt as the primary source of ancient lunar craters
• High-velocity collisions from the lunar cataclysm recorded in asteroidal meteorites
• Modeling the Historical Flux of Planetary Impactors
• Late Heavy Bombardment [wikipedia]