The Asteroid is a celestial body that, despite its significant size, can be at risk of disintegration in space. Recent discussions have centered around the need to redirect asteroids, particularly highlighting one that is nearly six feet in diameter.
“many decades ago, the overall view of these objects was that many of them were just these very large boulder-like objects, kind of like something you would see in Star Wars or Star Trek.”
“Yet, this asteroid was rotating nearly 70 times faster than the limit, which suggested something very strange.”
“So here this definitely cannot be a rubble pile because in order to survive this rotation this asteroid has to have a significant cohesive strength or in terms of actual numbers astronomers estimate it needs a strength of about 9 megapascals.”
“In other words, no large asteroid has ever been seen spinning, completing a single spin in less than 2.2 hours.”
“many decades ago, the overall view of these objects was that many of them were just these very large boulder-like objects, kind of like something you would see in Star Wars or Star Trek.”