Rubble pile asteroids are forever.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2214353120
Abstract: Rubble piles asteroids consist of reassembled fragments from shattered monolithic asteroids and are much more abundant than previously thought in the solar system. Although monolithic asteroids that are a kilometer in diameter have been predicted… read more here.
Keywords: rubble piles; pile asteroids; rubble pile; asteroids forever ... See more keywords