The article is missing a description of the genesis of the asteroidal material. 
Almahata Sitta is a ureilite (among other things), which cooled from very high 
temperatures (in excess of 1100C) during its formation.

-- Mark

--- On Thu, 12/30/10, Matson, Robert D. <[email protected]> wrote:
> So something must be missing from the article to explain
> why they
> believe Almahata Sitta's interior got so hot. [snip]
> So the question is, am I missing something?  --Rob
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