1. Standard memberHandyAndy
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    02 May '16 15:08
    Originally posted by sonhouse
    There has to be a huge mass in the center of that flatness so gravity keeps it all in, right?

    But wait, that would be called a globe.....
    Yes! We'll call it The Sonhouse Effect!
  2. Subscribersonhouse
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    02 May '16 15:471 edit
    Originally posted by HandyAndy
    Yes! We'll call it The Sonhouse Effect!
    I'm flattered🙂

    Isn't it amazing, you put stuff together in little blobs and it grows into a sphere more or less, when it gets to a certain mass. Asteroids like the one Rosetta landed on (It's probe to be exact) is like two Mt Everests banging together and they look more like two turds at 90 degree angles, not enough gravity to force them into a sphere or even close.

    If you were standing on that asteroid you would weigh about as much as a piece of paper so the main thing you would be worried about is staying on the ground, even a foot flex would put you in orbit or escape velocity!
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