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Science · Gaspra
This is one research paper, all free to read on arXiv, about Gaspra. We summarize each one in plain English from its abstract.
Our own artist's impression. No figures are taken from the papers.
Where Gaspra came from and how it formed and changed over time.
What they foundSmall bodies that formed within the first 2–3 million years were sintered by internal heat, while later ones stayed loose rubble piles; Gaspra is one of the two case studies.
A thermal evolution model run on 3D shape models from the Galileo flybys of Ida and Gaspra.
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