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As long as a chunk of rock is in one piece (rather than a pile of rubble) it's not going to get pulled apart by a modest amount of gravity. Look at any cliff ov
by idlewords 4y ago
As long as a chunk of rock is in one piece (rather than a pile of rubble) it's not going to get pulled apart by a modest amount of gravity. Look at any cliff overhang (or the underside of any boulder) for proof. So the trick is just to pick an asteroid that is not a rubble pile.
- mcv 4y agoLook at cliff erosion. Look at moons and asteroids being pulled apart just by differences in gravity between its different sides. I strongly doubt any asteroid of meaningful size is going to be strong enough to withstand meaningful rotational gravity.