Thursday, October 27, 2011

Asteroid Lutetia may have core of hot melted metal

A new look at an asteroid in deep space has revealed signs of a molten-hot core, a smoldering remnant from the earliest days of the solar system that could also help unlock secrets of some of Earth's weirdest meteorites, researchers say.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45065506/ns/technology_and_science-space/
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/rosetta_images20100710.html (images)
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1712.html (one images)
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMG93HURTG_index_0.html (ESA page)

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