An asteroid that has split due to rotational fission (artist’s impression)

This artist’s impression shows an asteroid that has split up to due to rotational fission and become a binary. New work shows that such binaries will break apart and form two separate asteroids on similar, but independent, orbits around the Sun if the larger piece is more than five times as massive as the smaller.

Crédito:

ESO/M.Kornmesser/L. Calçada

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Identificador:ann1051a
Tipo:Ilustración
Fecha de publicación:26 de Agosto de 2010 a las 10:00
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Tamaño:4000 x 2827 px

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Nombre:Asteroid
Tipo:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid
Categoría:Illustrations
Solar System

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