How fast can an asteroid spin

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Apr 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981icar...46..124w&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 46, Apr. 1981, p. 124-126.

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Angular Velocity, Asteroids, Ellipsoids, Planetary Rotation, Spin Dynamics, Angular Momentum, Centrifugal Force, Histograms, Hydrostatics, Light Curve, Maxwell Bodies, Asteroids, Spin, Velocity, Angular Momentum, Rotation, Peroid, Density, Composition

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Many large asteroids are probably gravitationally bound 'rubble piles', which should approximate figures of hydrostatic equilibrium. The maximum angular velocity of such bodies is limited by formation of Jacobi ellipsoids or binary fission at about half the surface orbit frequency. The observed limiting rotation period of approximately 4 hr implies asteroidal densities of about 2-3 g/cu cm.

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