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To: camle

“not sure centripedal force would work, especially if you toss something into the air.”

It works. But things fall differently. It’s called the Coriolis Effect.

Here is how objects move within a spinning frame:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_force#Tossed_ball_on_a_rotating_carousel

For example, if you throw something to someone else, it will follow a straight line, but the line will appear to curve relative to the ones throwing and catching.

Yes, you could levitate by slowing your velocity in relation to the moving floor, but as long as your body is moving with it, you will experience something very similar to gravity beneath you.


38 posted on 11/26/2016 11:20:54 AM PST by unlearner (11/8/2016 - a new beginning.)
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To: unlearner

makes sense, but in a zero-g environment, if you throw an object against the rotation, it will lose the benefits of the cent force and is thrown with enough force -10m/sec to counter the 10 m/sec approximation of gravity, it will lose weight and hover as the drum turns around it.


39 posted on 11/26/2016 11:28:22 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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