Asteroid Spinning Impossibly Fast

8 points
1/21/1970
16 hours ago
by metalman

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hmry

> Even clay would not be enough to hold this asteroid together, so it’s probably one big rock or even solid metal.

Neat! I think most people would expect most asteroids to be single big rocks, so finding out they're apparently rare compared to "rubble held together by gravity" asteroids is interesting. The linked article about landslides on rubble asteroids was also cool.

13 hours ago

metalman

title says it all

* possible solid metal asteroids

16 hours ago