3 ms·
Unless it's spinning at 100rpm the rotation would have very little impact, the whole x-ray-heatup-boiloff cycle is under a second.
by jojobas 3y ago
Unless it's spinning at 100rpm the rotation would have very little impact, the whole x-ray-heatup-boiloff cycle is under a second.
- sigmoid10 3y agoThe paper only simulated it up to 10 microseconds. But they also only used a simplified 2D toy model. They acknowledge that a realistic simulation will need to factor in a ton of other things, including rotation of the asteroid.
- hnuser123456 3y agoThe impacted side might outgas for years.