What's the best way to land on a spinning asteroid?

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Thread: What's the best way to land on a spinning asteroid?

# 10568 bymikecombs@... on April 11, 2008, 1:56 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

From: Schonert Edward

> If asteroid is 1km or > our bore tunnel could go away from axis
> & start to provide gravity from asteroid rotation for workers.

Careful with that assumption. If the centrifugal force is greater than
the gravity of the asteroid, then what's holding the asteroid together?

Regards,

Mike Combs

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