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(05-15-2019, 01:09 PM)The Astronomer Wrote: 1) It's not spherical. You're just looking from the wrong side.
Here's Archimedes from the 'pole'.

2) There are plenty of small asteroids that are round. Both Ryugu and Bennu's shapes are not that far off from a sphere.

Ryugu and Bennu are so shaped because of rapid rotation. Small moons in close orbits around a much larger primary are usually tidally locked.
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New and Amended pages 14/5/19 - by stevebowers - 05-15-2019, 05:59 AM
RE: New and Amended pages 14/5/19 - by dsmike1980 - 05-15-2019, 06:37 AM
RE: New and Amended pages 14/5/19 - by dsmike1980 - 05-15-2019, 06:42 AM
RE: New and Amended pages 14/5/19 - by dsmike1980 - 05-16-2019, 12:49 PM
RE: New and Amended pages 14/5/19 - by dsmike1980 - 05-17-2019, 06:38 AM

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