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

"Combs, Mike" wrote:

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

Probably the asteroids structure, if it is a single piece of material. I believe this is how astronomers currently determine the structural strength of asteroids, by checking if it's spin would pull it apart if gravity were all that was holding it together. This underestimates the strength of nickle-iron asteroids for sure, but it does determine which asteroids must be more than lumps of dust.

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-Michael Persohn-Costa

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