Incoming asteroids could crumble before impact

• Autores: Rebecca Boyle
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3075, 2016, pág. 9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Rocks that fall from space may be less than solid. It seems that many asteroids are weak and brittle--though this is not necessarily good news for people here on Earth. More than 90% of asteroids and comets larger than a kilometer across in Earth's neighborhood have already been discovered, and people think the region is mostly clear. Here, Boyle talks about asteroids.