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Strange Asteroids Baffle Scientists

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the science-rocks dept.

Raver32 writes to mention that two nearby asteroids may be evidence of a new class of asteroid or long eroded mini-world. Mineral evidence gathered using photometric data shows these asteroids to contain basalt not normally found in asteroid belt objects. "The lack of basalt and another mineral, olivine, in asteroid belt objects has long puzzled scientists. These two minerals would have formed the crust and mantle, respectively, of belt objects the size of Vesta or larger; theory predicts that more than half of all asteroids should be composed of one or the other of these substances"

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  1. Frist posts Baffle Slashdotters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    news at 11

  2. Bill Murray is a mad man! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    God bless him!

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20391263/

  3. Preparation-H is the CURE for those ass'roids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Preparation-H is the CURE for those ass'roids

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparation_H

    Take care of the imagery