Asteroid Shape as a Constraint on Early Melting and Differentiation

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Mar 2012

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43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.1956

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We conduct numerical modeling of the early deformation of partially
differentiated asteroids due to self gravity. Fully molten bodies relax
to hydrostatic shapes in <1 m.y. while the presence of a crust can
prevent relaxation for small bodies (<150 km).

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