Asteroid Spinning Impossibly Fast(newscientist.com)

8 points by metalman 12 hours ago | 2 comments

  • hmry 10 hours ago
    > 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.

  • metalman 12 hours ago
    title says it all

    * possible solid metal asteroids