Stripped on passing by Earth

Clark R. Chapman
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Clark R. Chapman: Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA. cchapman@boulder.swri.edu

Nature, 2010, vol. 463, issue 7279, 305-306

Abstract: Asteroids are weakly bound piles of rubble, and if one comes close to Earth, tides can cause the object to undergo landslides and structural rearrangement. The outcome of this encounter is a body with meteorite-like colours.

Date: 2010
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