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The formation of asteroidal water mirrors that of water formation in the Solar System, either from transfer via bombardment, migration, ejection, or other means. Asteroidal water has recently been pursued as a resource to support deep space exploration activities, for example, for use as a rocket propellant , human consumption, or for ...
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The high porosity of the interior of Phobos (based on the density of 1.88 g/cm 3, voids are estimated to comprise 25 to 35 percent of Phobos's volume) is inconsistent with an asteroidal origin. [66] Observations of Phobos in the thermal infrared suggest a composition containing mainly phyllosilicates, which are well known from the surface of Mars.
101955 Bennu (provisional designation 1999 RQ 36) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999. It is a potentially hazardous object that is listed on the Sentry Risk Table and has the third highest cumulative rating on the Palermo scale. [9]
* density implies water in atmosphere, but none found yet * Possible class II ("water cloud") or class III ("clear") atmosphere planet [12] Gliese 581 c [citation needed] Gliese 581: 5.5 700–1000 20 7–11 12.9 2007 * Not in the CHZ * Possibly not rocky * Water may be present as solid or vapour rather than liquid. [13] Gliese 667 Cc: Gliese ...
The World Is Not Enough (WINE) is a US project developing a refuelable steam engine system for spacecraft propulsion.WINE developed a method of extracting volatiles from ice, ice-rich regolith, and hydrated soils and uses it as steam propulsion which allows the spacecraft to refuel multiple times and have an extraordinary long service lifetime.
Primitive achondrites are a subdivision of meteorites.They are classified on the same rank (historically called "Class") and lying between chondrites and achondrites.They are called primitive because they are achondrites that have retained much of their original chondritic properties.
Timescale Artist's impression of the Moon during the Late Heavy Bombardment (above) and today (below). The Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB), or lunar cataclysm, is a hypothesized astronomical event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years (Ga) ago, [1] at a time corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth.