Asteroids in the Weinbaum universe

[ffutures]

I finally finished off Mars for the Weinbaum RPG - did so by ditching a couple of thousand words which let me tie it off more effectively and will hopefully make it a more interesting read.

I need to write something about the asteriods in the Weinbaum universe, which is a little tricky since none of the stories go there and they are only mentioned twice, both times VERY briefly.

Since this is a fairly hard science universe I can't really justify breathable atmospheres etc. so descriptions will have a certain sameness -I think I'm going to confine myself to a list of a few that are interesting for one reason or another. Say the the first four discovered and a couple of the really eccentric ones such as Eros and possible one of the Earth-grazers. Preferably ones that were known in the 1930s, or could easily be discovered then. Any nominations?

Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Good point - yes, that's probably a good one to include. Any suggestions on an exemplar?

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Not without more googling...

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

JPL Small-Body Database Browser:

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?help=1

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

The largest is 624 Hektor, at about 100 km radius.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_trojan#Numbers_and_mass

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!