Young Asteroids Look Old
Artistò??s impression of how the solar wind makes young asteroids look old. After undergoing a catastrophic collision, the colour of an asteroid gets modified rapidly by the solar wind so that it resembles the mean colour of extremely old asteroids. After the first million years, the surface ò??tansò?? much more slowly. At that stage, the colour depends more on composition than on age.
Credit:ESO/M. Martins
About the Image
Id: | eso0916a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | 22 April 2009 |
Related releases: | eso0916 |
Size: | 3447 x 1772 px |
About the Object
Name: | Asteroid |
Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
Category: | • Illustrations • Solar System |
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