@conference{10272/9292,
year = {2012},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9292},
abstract = {Until recently it was considered that
the sources of meteorite-dropping bodies are asteroidal
fragments mostly delivered by main belt resonances
crossing the Earth’s orbit. Such source may include a
considerable fraction of meteorites falling at a given
time [1]. Wetherill initially discarded comets as a
probable source of meteorites [2], but recent results
seem to indicate that they could also contribute [3, 4].
The terrestrial collections of meteorites include the
ordinary chondrites meteorites represented by ~85% of
meteorite falls and finds, but only ~40% of the total
meteorite mass. Iron meteorites account for 50% of the
mass but only ~4% of meteorites. Carbonaceous chondrite
meteorites forming ~9% of the mass are underrepresented
due to their fragility and low density [5]. It
has been estimated that ~24,000 meteorites with
masses from 100 g to 10 kg fall to the Earth each year
and amongst them a few ones might have a cometary
provenance. Some Near Earth Objects (NEOs) supports
the notion that dormant nuclei of periodic comets
can have asteroidal appearance, and that some fraction
of the NEOs have a cometary origin and are potentially
delivering meteorites to the Earth.},
title = {Meteorite-dropping bodies from cometary meteoroid streams and their physical properties},
author = {Konovalova, N. and Madiedo Gil, José María and Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María},
}