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In all honesty, I'd like to retcon that 498 Tokio is/was a Rockhounds space rock. Why? Well, Firv pretty much stated my case. We already run into plausibility problems with Rockhounds carving up 1-5km asteroids (IIRC the back-of-the-envelope calculations said that all six Rocks would've provided enough high-grade metal to last the current market 200 years or something equally silly) and 498 Tokio is *85 km in diameter.* That's a rock *four times the size of Phobos!* If Rockhounds had claimed it, they'd be mining it out for *years* and wouldn't bother to grab any other Rocks.
So, yeah. I move that we strike 498 Tokio from the list of Rockhounds Space Rocks. Arguments for/against?
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
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In all honesty, I'd like to retcon that 498 Tokio is/was a Rockhounds space rock. Why? Well, Firv pretty much stated my case. We already run into plausibility problems with Rockhounds carving up 1-5km asteroids (IIRC the back-of-the-envelope calculations said that all six Rocks would've provided enough high-grade metal to last the current market 200 years or something equally silly) and 498 Tokio is *85 km in diameter.* That's a rock *four times the size of Phobos!* If Rockhounds had claimed it, they'd be mining it out for *years* and wouldn't bother to grab any other Rocks.
So, yeah. I move that we strike 498 Tokio from the list of Rockhounds Space Rocks. Arguments for/against?
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"