The team found that 70 percent of all the meteors that fall to Earth come from three families of asteroids, known as Karin, Koronis, and Massalia. These smaller meteorite families were likely created by relatively recent – in astronomical terms – collisions, occurring around 5.8 million, 7.5 million, and 40 million years ago.

An international team has successfully demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite falls originate from just three young asteroid families. These families were produced by three recent collisions that occurred in the main asteroid belt 5.

An international research team has revealed the origin of most meteorites, announced the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), which co-led this discovery on the French side. The team,