Like the title says; a little experiment. Took 3 hours to render, so that's not too bad. No atmo, see.
Look here: http://vimeo.com/25545212 (http://vimeo.com/25545212)
looks good , Dune !
Some asteroid rotation and debris from impact would be good.
But i think the animation capabilities are limited in the animation module?
The asteroid can be rotated, no problem, but the rock population is a different matter I suppose. It would be good to be able to add some random rotation to the individual stones, perhaps in the way the population variation works. But I haven't dived into that.
OK dune! Waiting for your other tests!