[meteorite-list] Asteroid Jiggles Like a Jar of Mixed Nuts

From: Mal Bishop <magbish3_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:03:40 -0400
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20070419175953.02af25a0_at_lowcountry.com>

"Like a jiggled jar of mixed nuts, shaking on the near-Earth asteroid
Itokawa is sorting loose rock particles
on its surface by size, causing the smallest grains to sink into
depressions, a new study suggests. ..."

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070419_shaking_asteroid.html
Received on Thu 19 Apr 2007 06:03:40 PM PDT


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