[meteorite-list] Asteroid Heating: A Shocking View

Hello list, a very interesting article was posted yesterday: Asteroid Heating: A Shocking View http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/April04/asteroidHeating.html Peter M __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Heating: A Shocking View

What was the source of energy to heat them? The leading candidate is the decay of short-lived radioactive isotopes such as aluminum-26 (26Al). I thought a good source early on would be the planetoids plowing thru the magnetic fields of the proto sun? Various distances from the proto sun will