News tagged with planetoid
Building blocks of early Earth survived collision that created moon
Unexpected new findings by a University of Maryland team of geochemists show that some portions of the Earth's mantle (the rocky layer between Earth's metallic core and crust) formed when the planet was much smaller than it is now, an ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 18, 2012 |
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Gentle nudges towards Vesta
The Dawn space probe entered into an orbit around the planetoid Vesta. The planetoid is 2.3 times further from the Sun than the Earth. Dawn used the force of gravity to get there. And an ion engine.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Venture to the last protoplanet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Max Planck scientists have front row seats in the exploration of the asteroid with two onboard cameras. The aim is to travel back in time to the origins of the solar system.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Fascinating images from a new world
The ESA space probe Rosetta flew past the Lutetia planetoid at around 6 p.m. CEST on Saturday. The OSIRIS camera system, built and developed under the direction of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2010 |
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How Earth Survived Birth: New Simulation Reveals Planet Migration Prevents Plunge Into Sun
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the last 20 years, the best models of planet formation -- or how planets grow from dust in a gas disk -- have contradicted the very existence of Earth. These models assumed locally constant ...
Jan 12, 2010 |
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How the Earth survived birth
For the last 20 years, the best models of planet formation—or how planets grow from dust in a gas disk -- have contradicted the very existence of Earth. These models assumed locally constant temperatures within a disk, and ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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