[meteorite-list] Near-Earth Encounters Can 'Shake' Asteroids

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:47:25 -0600
Message-ID: <20100121114725.K5YS8.72293.imail_at_eastrmwml41>

Near-Earth Encounters Can 'Shake' Asteroids,
Science Daily, January 20, 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100120131149.htm

Earth Causes Asteroids to Shake, Rattle and Roll Discovery
News by Irene Klotz, January 20, 2010.

http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroid-earth-gravity-landslide.html

Meteorite colour mystery 'solved', BBC News, January 20, 2010

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8468999.stm

The paper is:

Binzel, R. P., A. Morbidelli, S. Merouane, F. E. DeMeo, M. Birlan,
P. Vernazza, C. A. Thomas, A. S. Rivkin, S. J. Bus, and A. T.
Tokunaga, 2010, Earth encounters as the origin of fresh surfaces
on near-Earth asteroids. Nature. vol. 463, no. 7279, pp. 331-334.
doi:10.1038/nature08709

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7279/full/nature08709.html

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Thu 21 Jan 2010 11:47:25 AM PST