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- From: Leigh Palmer <palmer@sfu.ca>
- Subject: Re: Toutatis Captured by
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.154713.5260@sfu.ca>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:47:13 GMT
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- In article <842.36.uupcb@pcs.sj.ca.us> Paul Burnett,
- paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us writes:
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- >LP>One expects that, given the heterogeneity of the asteroids (seen
- > >by spectroscopy)
- >
- >I thought we assumed that the _surface_ of the asteroids was covered by
- >heterogeneous material - do we assume that the innards are
- >heterogeneous?
-
- Sorry, I used the wrong word. I should have said "diversity". I couldn't
- find it in my word bag that morning.
-
- There are sparse data, indeed, on the heterogeneity of the surfaces of
- single asteroids. As for the innards, I expect they are as diverse as the
- meteorites, which are pretty diverse.
-
- Leigh
-