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Is there any Gravity on huge Asteroids,if it was possible to land on one ,could a man walk on one or would he just drift off into space ?

Posted - February 11, 2018
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  • 22891
    have no idea, never tried it
      February 11, 2018 3:24 PM MST
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  • 10661
    All things have gravity, some have more than others (mass, composition, etc.).
    Yes it's possible to land on an asteroid (we've already done it).  
    Unless there's sufficient gravity a person would have a hard time walking around (I highly doubt they'd float off as seen in movies).
      February 11, 2018 4:22 PM MST
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  • 14795
    The reason I asked this question is that the've just discovered a 400 metre long rocks sausage hurtling into our universe.......I thought only mass develops gravity and trying to land on something traveling   so fast would just be impossible 
      February 11, 2018 5:42 PM MST
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  • 44645
    If your vehicle was traveling the same velocity as the asteroid you could land on it. And yes...it has gravity.
      February 13, 2018 10:07 AM MST
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  • 14795
    My space ships in the shop again......Some  aliens keyed it while I was outside me Mar's ....are you serious with what you say.....:)D
      February 13, 2018 10:52 AM MST
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  • 7280
    NASA Lands Probe on Asteroid  (2002)

    https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98874
      February 13, 2018 10:56 AM MST
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  • 14795
    Amazing ...ho long did it take to get there and how far away was it ? 
      February 13, 2018 11:01 AM MST
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  • 5354
    There is gravity, but very little. walk carefully, just putting your foot down too hard could send you out in space.
      February 11, 2018 6:06 PM MST
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  • 14795
    How big does a rock have to be to have gravity ? 
      February 13, 2018 10:57 AM MST
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  • 7280
    Check out this site:

    (So it takes an asteroid with a diameter of 70 km and a mass of 360 trillion tonnes to make walking a reasonable way to move across the surface. There are a lot of asteroids of that size in the asteroid belt.)

    https://www.quora.com/How-strong-does-gravity-need-to-be-to-walk-on-an-asteroid
      February 11, 2018 6:26 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Very interesting reading...
      February 13, 2018 1:45 PM MST
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  • 30
    As indicated by others, there would be some gravity, so a person would be able to walk on such a surface.  I know I can be spacey, but I do think this to be a rock solid answer.
      February 12, 2018 12:25 PM MST
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  • 14795
    As  you know I could never planet to  diss Mantle a single thing you say......:)D
      February 12, 2018 4:49 PM MST
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  • 85
    Ahhh I remember spacey ;)
      October 16, 2020 4:49 AM MDT
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  • 30
    As always, you're simply out of this world.  ;) 
      October 16, 2020 10:05 AM MDT
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