How Do You Trace a Meteorite Back To Its Home?

This video was sponsored by DataCamp. Sign up to DataCamp and support SciShow using this link: https://bit.ly/3h4ZsGz It's virtually impossible to tell where a meteorite comes from, but in 2018, scientists were able to pull a feat of forensic astronomy and do just that. Host: Reid Reimers SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- This video was sponsored by DataCamp. Sign up to DataCamp and support SciShow using this link: https://bit.ly/3h4ZsGz SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/108964/3/maps.13653.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/science/meteorite-botswana-asteroid.html https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/in-depth/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.13653 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dawn/overview/ https://www.seti.org/press-release/asteroid-hit-botswana-2018-likely-came-vesta https://trek.nasa.gov/vesta/#v=0.1&x=22.148437086852653&y=-22.147503136852634&z=1&p=urn%3Aogc%3Adef%3Acrs%3AIAU2000%3A%3A2000004&d= IMAGES https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/meteor-shower-in-space-animated-background-btyq6aofgizhsfl4p https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30525 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11758 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/flying-into-an-asteroid-belt-in-outer-space-bdctdwdylk9mhl1tm https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/big-group-of-birds-around-a-pond-in-central-kalahari-game-reserve-in-botswana-hdaao3krlkc31jxji https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/map-of-botswana-with-neighbor-countries-pinned-on-world-map-gm1279206178-377895800 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/closeup-3d-rendering-of-asteroids-and-the-earth-planet-bloch4e9eizmlhqdc https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/flying-towards-asteroid-field-and-colliding-with-asteroid-rwhlhw https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11229


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