Shape of the Whorl

James Wynn · 24 Jan 2009, 02:01 · from 2009-January.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:01:22 -0600
Subject: (urth) Shape of the Whorl
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>I think the Whorl has to be close to perfect cylinder.
>If not, it would wobble as it spins.

Only if the asteroid were of uniform density on all sides which is unlikely. 
The engineering permutations to cause an asteroid of undefined dimensions 
and mass to spin uniformly are infinite.

J

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