Monday, April 27, 2009

Solar Plasma Causes Asteroids to Age Faster Than Thought



Science Daily: Solar Wind Tans Young Asteroids.

ScienceDaily (Apr. 27, 2009) — A new study published in Nature this week reveals that asteroid surfaces age and redden much faster than previously thought — in less than a million years, the blink of an eye for an asteroid. This study has finally confirmed that the solar wind is the most likely cause of very rapid space weathering in asteroids.
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5 comments:

  1. PleromaApril 27, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    I was just thinking that maybe you need to change the name of this blog to something like:

    Plasma is Mastery
    Electricity is Mastery
    Aether is Mastery
    Reality is Mastery
    Empiricism is Mastery

    Or etc.

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  2. OilIsMasteryApril 27, 2009 at 8:52 PM

    Good idea.

    Not sure which though.

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  3. Jeffery KeownApril 28, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    Aether?

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  4. Quantum_FluxApril 28, 2009 at 10:06 AM

    I had no idea that asteroids were aged by their color....surely that must be wrong.

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  5. AnonymousApril 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    Really, so they know what an asteroide looks like before it's weathered?

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