The angrite parent body was likely similar in size to the asteroid Vesta, which has been studied up close by NASA's Dawn mission. Vesta is roughly 525 kilometers (326 miles) in diameter.

Water arrived on Earth when it was just 20% of its current size. By Immanuel Jotham Published 21 January 2018, 10:24 AM GMT Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the solar system, is of a similar ...

Mr Rider-Stokes said: “Angrite meteorites are ancient meteorites that formed at a similar time period to the proposed formation and migration of Jupiter around 4.5 billion years ago.

Mr Rider-Stokes said: “Angrite meteorites are ancient meteorites that formed at a similar time period to the proposed formation and migration of Jupiter around 4.5 billion years ago. “Due to their ...