[meteorite-list] Solar wind and reddening of asteroid surfaces (PDF file of paper)

From: Paul <bristolia_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 06:09:36 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <481205.11774.qm_at_web36205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Solar wind tans young asteroids, ESO 16/09 - Science
Release, European Organisation
for Astronomical

Research in the
Southern Hemisphere, April 22, 2009

http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-16-09.html

The paper is:

Vernazza, P., R. P. Binzel, A. Rossi, M. Fulchignoni, and
M. Birlan, 2009, Solar wind as the origin of rapid reddening
of asteroid surfaces. Nature. vol. 458, no. 7241, pp. 993-995,
doi:10.1038/nature07956;

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v458/n7241/abs/nature07956.html

The PDF file can be downloaded from:

http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/nature07956_proof1.pdf

Young Asteroids Look Old

http://www.eso.org/gallery/v/ESOPIA/illustrations/phot-16a-09-fullres.tif.html

Yours,

Paul H.


      
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