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When washed in sunlight, asteroids hit the spin cycle, Cornell researchers find
03-07-2007 · EurekAlert!The sun is a cosmic spinmeister. Using the highly sensitive radar telescope at the Cornell University-managed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and Goldstone antenna in California, Cornell astronomers have confirmed a theory that sunlight and the asteroid's shape determine how an asteroid's rotation evolves. Their research is reported today in Science Express, the online edition of the journal Science.
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