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Artist's concept of an impact event on Pallas. -- Artwork created using the 3D-shape model published by Schmidt, et al., 2009 in the journal Science. (B. E. Schmidt and S. C. Radcliffe)

Exploding Clays Drive Geminids Sky Show?

1 posted on 10/19/2010 2:41:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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The Exploded Planet Hypothesis

2 posted on 10/19/2010 2:47:52 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)

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To: SunkenCiv

Cue the skeet shooting jokes in 3...2...1...

5 posted on 10/19/2010 3:47:07 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)

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To: SunkenCiv

I’ve never heard an asteroid called “primitive” before. What is that contrasted with? A civilized asteroid?

6 posted on 10/19/2010 4:12:00 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus

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some pics:

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/artwork/1/1/1/6/3/111163/Pallas_figure_3_image-prv.jpg
http://transientsky.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/hst_pallas.jpg

Pallas Asteroid May Be Protoplanet
Posted on: Monday, 12 October 2009, 10:20 CDT
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1768096/pallas_asteroid_may_be_protoplanet/

Asteroid Pallas is Also a Protoplanet
http://www.universetoday.com/42540/asteroid-pallas-is-also-a-protoplanet/

more:
http://www.google.com/search?q=pallas+asteroid

9 posted on 10/19/2010 4:42:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)

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