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

William F. Bottke (), David Vokrouhlický, David Minton, David Nesvorný, Alessandro Morbidelli, Ramon Brasser, Bruce Simonson and Harold F. Levison
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William F. Bottke: Southwest Research Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
David Vokrouhlický: Southwest Research Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
David Minton: Southwest Research Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
David Nesvorný: Southwest Research Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
Alessandro Morbidelli: Southwest Research Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
Ramon Brasser: Southwest Research Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
Bruce Simonson: Oberlin College
Harold F. Levison: Southwest Research Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 485, issue 7396, 78-81

Abstract: The Late Heavy Bombardment lasted much longer than previously thought, up to 1.7 billion years ago on Earth, with impacts on the Moon and Earth coming mostly from the E-belt-survivor Hungaria asteroids.

Date: 2012
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