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Engineers are trying to create artificial "gravity" in a ringshaped space station by spinning it like a centrifuge. The ring is
Explanation & Answer
Earth pulls on us at a rate of 9.8m/s. The question becomes how quickly would the centrifuge have to rotate in order to reach a speed of 9.8m/s.
The circumference of the space station is equal to pi times the diameter = pi(300m) = 942.48m
This is the distance traveled by the space station in one revolution.
By traveling 9.8m/s to simulate gravity means that after one second the space ship has traveled 9.8m/942.48m = 1.04% of the circle
X 60 = 62.40% of the circle after a minute.
Thus if the space ship were to travel .624rpm you would have reached speeds of 9.8m/s and simulated gravity.
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