(urth) asteroid

[Jeff Wilson]

On 12/26/2010 2:42 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:
> yeah I remembered that but what EXACTLY is an asteroid? It's in orbit
> around the sun. Not sure the difference between the classification of a
> satellite and an asteroid except perhaps that asteroids are orbiting the
> sun and not a planet. At least one asteroid I know has its own moon,
> which doesn't help us. Never could get a grip on how big the whorl was.
> ripped off from some internet site:

If you check the archives, there was considerable discusssion of the 
Whorl's possible sizes and shapes in Jan 2009. Short answer: while it is 
a hollow body made from an asteroid, it need not be the same dimensions 
as the original asteroid.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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