[meteorite-list] Mystery of Disappearing Asteroids Solved

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 22:11:26 -0600
Message-ID: <56C5446E.2030809_at_att.net>

Mystery of disappearing asteroids solved.
by University of Hawaii at Manoa's Institute
for Astronomy, Honolulu, February 17, 2016
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/02/mystery-of-disappearing-asteroids-solved
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/disintegrating_asteroids/

A new study finds that most asteroids and
comets are destroyed in a drawn out, long
hot fizzle, much farther from the Sun than
previously thought."

The paper is:

Granvik, M., A. Morbidelli, R. Jedicke, B. Bolin, W. F. Bottke,
E. Beshore, D. Vokrouhlick?, M. Delbo, and P/ Michel, 2016.
Super-catastrophic disruption of asteroids at small perihelion
distances. Nature. vol. 530, no. 7590, pp. 303?306
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v530/n7590/full/nature16934.html

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Wed 17 Feb 2016 11:11:26 PM PST