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Comet swarm delivered Earth's oceans ?

By T.K. Randall
August 9, 2009 · Comment icon 3 comments

Image Credit: NASA/JPL
A barrage of comets some 3.85 billion years ago could have accounted for the arrival of the Earth's oceans a new study has suggested. Tens of thousands of impacts occured during the event known as the Late Heavy Bombardment.
A barrage of comets may have delivered Earth's oceans around 3.85 billion years ago, a new study suggests. Scientists have long suspected that Earth and its near neighbors were walloped by tens of thousands of impactors during an ancient event known as the Late Heavy Bombardment.


Source: National Geographic | Comments (3)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by DieChecker 16 years ago
I wonder then if this is where the water came from on Jupiter's moons, Mars and Venus?? I find it like the comets brought some of it, but maybe not all or even most.
Comment icon #2 Posted by ToySouljah 16 years ago
There's a lot of water on Earth...I wonder how much water comets contains, or how many it would take to get the amount of water we have.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Paracelse 16 years ago
There's a lot of water on Earth...I wonder how much water comets contains, or how many it would take to get the amount of water we have. As long as there is enough ice cubes for my "absinthe"


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