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2 unusual facts about Flora family


Flora family

The Flora family members are considered good candidates for being the parent bodies of the L chondrite meteorites (Nesvorny 2002), which contribute about 38% of all meteorites impacting the Earth.

The Flora family of asteroids may be the source of the Chicxlub (Cretaceous–Paleogene) impactor, the likely culprit in the extinction of the dinosaurs.


8 Flora

Flora, and the whole Flora family generally, are good candidates for being the parent bodies of the L chondrite meteorites.


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