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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Missing Craters of Asteroid Itokawa
NASA ^
| February 09, 2014
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 02/09/2014 12:19:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: TigersEye
Chive got a feeling you’re right.
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posted on
02/09/2014 2:53:13 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Telepathic Intruder
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posted on
02/09/2014 3:13:11 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
Well I had a 50/50 chance.
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posted on
02/09/2014 3:19:26 PM PST
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Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: SunkenCiv
If you passed that on a hillside on earth, you’d think, breccia and pass it by.
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posted on
02/09/2014 3:29:15 PM PST
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JimSEA
To: Swordmaker
“Extinct comet” implies that all the ice has been sublimated. Some comets break up due to outgassing, and I assume some just become extinct and turn into small asteroids. Maybe some break up and then reform, leaving no ancient craters. It’s just interesting, whether it be wrong or right.
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posted on
02/09/2014 3:30:44 PM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: Telepathic Intruder
I couldn’t rememember, and started to look for Deimos topics. :’)
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posted on
02/09/2014 3:37:41 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: TigersEye
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posted on
02/09/2014 4:09:45 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Space BUMP)
To: mikrofon
LOL He looks a bit like a potato.
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posted on
02/09/2014 4:11:44 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: JimSEA
:’) The surface of most asteroids probably look a lot like Itokawa — small bits of debris pulled in by the slight gravity. Due to relative lack of competition, asteroids have a large sphere of influence.
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02/09/2014 5:39:19 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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