An age-colour relationship for main-belt S-complex asteroids
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A measurement of the rate of space weathering on S-complex main-belt asteroids using a relationship between the ages of asteroids families and their colours are presented. The study represented that there is an age-dependent component to asteroids colours along with mineralogical differences.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
Asteroids, Family
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Two stellar components in the halo of the Milky Way
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The existence of two different overlapping structural components in the halo of the Milky Way is discussed. The analysis reveals that the Milky Way consists of an inner and an outer halo with different properties.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
Technology application, Observations, Composition, Spectrum analysis, Spectroscopy, Milky Way, Metallic elements
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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