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why is it necessary for scientists to use clues from celestial objects to determine the age of our planet?
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why is it necessary for scientists to use clues from celestial objects to determine the age of our planet?

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Meteorites, which are the very components of our planets (through the process of accretion), are the remnants of the Solar System's origins. Dating meteorites thus allows us to give a lower age to the Solar System (4,56 billion years old).

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