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(meteorobs) FW: OT --Scientists Measure Mass, Density of Eros
I know it is a bit off topic, but again not too far, since meteor falls come from Asteroids.... along with some Iridium :-)
Wayne
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From: Ron Baalke[SMTP:BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasadot gov]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 12:43 AM
To: astro@lists.mindspring.com
Subject: [ASTRO] Scientists Measure Mass, Density of Eros
Scientists Measure Mass, Density of Eros
SpaceViews
July 25, 1999
Planetary scientists have made their best
measurement yet of the mass and density of
the near-Earth asteroid Eros and have
concluded it is not a rubble pile, unlike
other asteroids.
In a pair of papers published in the July
23 issue of the journal Science, members of
two science teams associated with the Near
Easter Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission
reported on the size, mass, and density of
the asteroid 433 Eros, the second-largest
of all know near-Earth asteroids.
Full story here:
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/07/25b.html
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