Particle Sorting on Asteroid Itokawa

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Particle Sorting on Asteroid Itokawa

Unread post by MGmirkin » Thu May 01, 2008 10:57 am

(Particle Sorting on Asteroid Itokawa; Apr 29, 2008)

Scientists report that impact vibrations are causing rocks and gravel on the surface to sort themselves by size. But is the mechanical vibration theory correct?

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