To solve the problem, we need to study a lot more comets and meteorites.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A majority of these meteorites comes from collisions in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
New York City Stages Largest Meteorite Auction Ever|Lizzie Crocker|October 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Finally it is interesting to know that Diamonds occur in meteorites, and hence doubtless exist in other worlds than ours.
Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 4 [September 1902]|Various
Another remarkable fall of meteorites occurred at L'Aigle, France, in 1803.
Astronomy for Young Folks|Isabel Martin Lewis
That's about 800 times the duration that the orthodox give to meteors and meteorites.
The Book of the Damned|Charles Fort
Only a few of these shooting stars or meteorites will be seen in looking at any one point in the heavens.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No. 3, October 1899|Various
Meteorites vary in size from minute objects not larger than a pea to masses of iron of enormous size.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899|Various
Words related to meteorites
falling star, bolide, comet, fireball, meteoroid
meteorites
Objects from outside the Earth that enter the Earth's field of gravitation and fall to the Earth's surface. Meteors, on the other hand, are objects from space that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.
notes for meteorites
Meteorites are bodies that are left over from the time when the planets formed, and therefore give us clues about the formation of the solar system.