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Published online 13 June 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020603-19
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Asteroids bear birthmarks
Young asteroid family shows scars of break up.
A new-found family of asteroids is the youngest yet discovered. At under 6 million years old, the asteroids still bear the marks of their birth, helping astronomers understand planet formation.
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