Assertion: asteroid belt's asteroid | /r/HasProperty | piles of rubble
Facets:
value: due to disruptive impacts
type: CAUSE
value: merely
type: DEGREE
value: in terms of their structure
type: OTHER
value: probably
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Other asteroids are piles of rubble held together by gravity.
text: This suggests that most asteroids with a diameter over 100 meters are rubble piles formed through accumulation of debris after collisions between asteroids.
text: This suggests the asteroid is probably a loose collection of rocks, like a pile of rubble.
text: Some asteroids are merely piles of rubble held together by gravity.
text: Other asteroids are piles of rubble held together by gravity.
text: Then we have asteroids that appear to be piles of rubble in terms of their structure.
text: The fact that such large asteroids as Sylvia can be rubble piles, presumably due to disruptive impacts, has important consequences for the formation of the Solar System: Computer simulations of collisions involving solid bodies show them destroying each other as often as merging, but colliding rubble piles are more likely to merge.