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Title: Are Asteroids Rubble Piles?
Url: https://www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/rubble/rub.html
Creator: Bottke, William F. (William Frederick), 1966-
Publisher: Southwest Research Institute
Description: This page discusses the rubble pile model of asteroids. In it the author maintains that this model provides a better match to observational constraints and new results from numerical impact simulations than other competing models. The page provides evidence for rubble pile asteroids by discussing the rotation period of small asteroids, numerical simulations of asteroid collisions, large craters on asteroids, Mathilde's density, and tidal disruption of asteroids and comets. The author ends with a discussion of the importance in understanding asteroids and asteroid impacts.
LC Classification: Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Planets. Planetology -- Superior planets -- Asteroids
Science -- Astronomy -- Study and teaching. Research
GEM Subject: Science -- Astronomy
Science -- Instructional issues
Key Concept: Astronomy -- Asteroids
Date Issued: 1998-09-10
Resource Type: Reference Material
Instructional Material
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Professional/Practitioner
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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