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...sure which category Eros belongs to, but NEAR should be able to solve that mystery. Says M.I.T. planetary scientist Maria Zuber, who is working on the laser-mapping experiment: "The topography of Eros reflects the object's whole history--it will tell us a lot about how it formed. And combined with the gravity measurements, it will tell us what the density is." That's important because in a large object like a planetesimal, iron and other metals sink to the core under gravity, while lighter rock stays closer to the surface. A very dense or a relatively light Eros...
Ideally, scientists would love to get closer than 20 miles away from an exotic object like Eros. And by the time the mission is over, they may get their chance. If there's enough propellant left in NEAR's tanks at the end of the year, ground controllers will have the option of sending the probe into a slow-motion, controlled crash. That would give NEAR's sensors one last, very detailed look at Eros' surface and perhaps reveal even more scientific information. Will they do it? Says APL's Coughlin: "We aren't even going to consider that question...
...recently door-dropped by the Harvard-Radcliffe Alliance for Life. While we take exception to this publication, we firmly support any organization's right to freedom of speech and would like to present our own reaction to the publication. Setting aside the issues of factual inaccuracy and content, we object to the publication's tone...
...object to passing the largest spending bill we've had all year at 11 p.m. on a night when we barely have quorum," said council member Marco B. Simons '97. "It seems rash for the council to make such a decision at this time...
...letter to the actress saying, among other things, "My biggest problems have to do with asking, 'Could this be real?'--and thinking it could not be." Problems? What problems? A steamy novel by a glamorous celebrity that read as if it were not "real"? Faced with such an object, many editors and publishers would have immediately ordered up a dust jacket and a print run of 200,000 copies...