Re: What size is an asteroid?

In our last episode, Thatotherguy said:
>As a designer and DM I've always asked myself at what point does an
>asteroid become so large it's considered a planet?  Obviously many
>asteroids can have dimensions in the miles and having a gravity plane
>vs. center of gravity is no definite determiner in SJ, with so many
>"unusual" space bodies.  So what are people's opinions of what
>generally ranks as the upper limits to an asteroid's size?

        Well, in the real world, there's a certain size beyond which
an asteroid can't keep its lumpy shape and becomes a sphere due to
gravitational forces.  I'd put that as the upper limit to what I'd
call an "asteroid".  IIRC, it's several hundred miles, which is,
convienently, size B (up to 500 miles).

-Static

p.s.  Damn, I'm good. ;)

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