Evidence for Asteroid Scattering and Distal Solar System Solids From Meteorite Paleomagnetism

• Published in: The Astrophysical Journal
• Main Authors: Bryson, James F. J., Weiss, Benjamin P., Lima, Eduardo A., Gattacceca, Jérôme, Cassata, William S.
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Astronomical Society 2020
• Subjects: Tagish; Tagish Lake
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125298

Asteroid-sized bodies are predicted to have been scattered throughout the solar system following gravitational interactions with the giant planets. This process could have delivered water-rich small bodies to the inner solar system. However, evidence from the meteorite record supporting this scatter...