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  Re: Asteroid collides with planets ring [~55K mpg]  
From: Bob H 
Date: 22 Jan 2001 03:28:03
Message: <3a6bef13@news.povray.org>
"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
news:3A6B5BB1.6CE779A0@gmx.de...
>
> Looks nice, but the ring needs work of course.  The asteroid should leave
> some kind of hole in the ring and there would be particles from the ring
> influenced by it too.

Working on that, I hope so anyway.

> The asteroid also seems to round, such small objects usually have a more
> irregular surface.

Well, it's a few hundred kilometers across.  About the size of Vesta and,
surprisingly to me, similar in appearance because I just now looked up a web
page of info and pictures of it:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/vesta.html

Bob H.


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