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post Oct 11 2009, 08:49 AM
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no one seems to have noticed this
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/326/5950/275


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post Dec 21 2009, 06:55 AM
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Huh. Almost the same average density as Mars.

Hate to say it, but it's probably dry as a bone....metal-rich, though.


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- Paolo   2 Pallas   Oct 11 2009, 08:49 AM
- - nprev   Well, well, well! Guess it's extremely pre...   Oct 11 2009, 08:57 AM
|- - Paolo   I discussed about this with Mark Rayman a few week...   Oct 11 2009, 10:55 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 11 2009, 09:57 AM) Wel...   Oct 12 2009, 05:03 AM
- - nprev   I was thinking that it was maybe a few degrees off...   Oct 12 2009, 05:11 AM
- - Paolo   From Wikipedia QUOTE Pallas has not been visited ...   Oct 12 2009, 05:38 AM
|- - tedstryk   There was a blurb about a Pallas encounter that br...   Oct 12 2009, 02:54 PM
||- - vjkane   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Oct 12 2009, 03:54 PM) ...   Oct 12 2009, 04:19 PM
|- - PaulM   I wonder if the Indians or Chinese have considered...   Oct 12 2009, 07:34 PM
- - Paolo   Note also this LPSC paper http://www.lpi.usra.edu/...   Oct 14 2009, 06:17 PM
- - djellison   A series of barely funny but fairly inappropriate ...   Oct 15 2009, 07:01 AM
- - Paolo   On ArXiv today: Physical Properties of (2) Pallas   Dec 21 2009, 06:43 AM
- - nprev   Huh. Almost the same average density as Mars. Ha...   Dec 21 2009, 06:55 AM
- - elakdawalla   Thanks very much for the pointer to that article, ...   Dec 22 2009, 06:05 PM

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