Choose the one sentence from this excerpt that reveals the scientists’ conclusion about the Peekskill meteorite.
For the meteoroid to have entered the atmosphere where it did and at the speed it did, it had to have been in a particular orbit around the Sun. Wetherill, Brown, and their coworkers found that their math put the original orbit for the Peekskill meteorite in a region of the solar system with many asteroids–the asteroid belt.
For 200 years, scientists have known that meteorites came from outer space. But 40 years ago, only a few scientists believed that meteorites were rocks that had broken off asteroids.
The sentence that reveals the scientists’ conclusion about the Peekskill meteorite is: “Wetherill, Brown, and their coworkers found that their math put the original orbit for the Peekskill meteorite in a region of the solar system with many asteroids–the asteroid belt.”
Explanation: This sentence indicates that the scientists determined the origin of the Peekskill meteorite was linked to the asteroid belt, supporting the conclusion that meteorites can come from asteroids rather than just being random fragments from outer space. This finding aligns with the evolving understanding of meteorites among scientists over the past few decades.