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To: BenLurkin

The plagioclase, olivine and pyroxene had to have formed at some depth, and the current body is much to small for that.


9 posted on 08/28/2018 12:44:07 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug

“The analysis suggests that Itokawa was born from a larger body that formed 4.6 billion years ago. Then, about 1.5 billion years ago, a large collision tore that body apart and some of the remnants eventually stuck together to form Itokawa”

The observation re fomation of olivene might be part of their analysis.


11 posted on 08/28/2018 1:24:03 PM PDT by edwinland
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