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The tidal effects on a fractured asteroid are considered. The asteroid is assumed to consist of two parts. In gravitational field of another body the motion of one part of the asteroid in relation to second part may be initiated. The necessary conditions for this motion are determined and amount of heat that can be generated is calculated for some cases. It is suggested that metamorphic episodes found in some meteorites are the results of such heating.
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Czechowski, L. The magmatic activity on asteroids. Earth Moon Planet 52, 113–130 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00054178
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