Interiors of small bodies and moons.
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32218431.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-15458-8 and PMC identifier 7098979.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Asteroids, comets and moons are leftovers of planet formation. Studying them and their samples, including meteorites, can help us to learn how the Earth was made and acquired the ingredients for life, to obtain practical information for deflecting near-Earth objects (NEOs), and to access resources that would enable space habitats and voyages. Answers are hidden beneath their complex and evolving exteriors.