Instead, scientists have used the debris from meteor impacts, such as the Meteor Crater in Arizona, knowing that the material from such meteors coming from the asteroid belt would have been made at the same time as the Earth.
Para ilmuwan kemudian menggunakan serpihan tabrakan meteor, seperti Kawah Meteor di Arizona, dan mengetahui bahwa material meteor yang berasal dari sabuk asteroid itu terbentuk pada saat yang sama dengan penciptaan Bumi.