The tumultuous childhood of the Solar System

The tumultuous childhood of the Solar System

Marrocchi, Y. ; Piani, L.

Nature Astronomy, 2019, 3, 10, 889-890

The peculiar carbon isotopic compositions of carbonates in the Tagish Lake meteorite suggest that D-type asteroids accreted in the outer part of the protoplanetary disk — beyond 10 au — before being dispersed sunwards to the main asteroid belt.