Typical Fragment Size Chart (IMAGE)

Planetary Science Institute

Typical Fragment Size Chart

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Researchers found that the size of asteroid fragments near white dwarfs depends largely on how strongly the asteroid's materials hold together and how close it gets to the star. Even the weakest objects would break into fragments a few hundred meters (several hundred feet) across.

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Jordan Steckloff/PSI

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