A proposed rotating space station consists of a circular tube that rotates about its center (like a bicycle tire). The circle formed by the tube has a diameter of about 1.1 km
You are asked to determine the rotation speed (revolutions per day) of the space station around its center so that the astronauts feel the same weight as in earth. What must be the rotation speed of the space station?
You now doubled the rotation speed, what would be the weight of an astronaut, whose weight in earth is 70 kg.
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A proposed rotating space station consists of a circular tube that rotates about its center (like a bicycle tire). The circle formed by the tube has a diameter of about 1.1 km. You are asked to determine the rotation speed (revolutions per day) of the space station around its center so that the astronauts feel the same weight as in earth. What must be the rotation speed of the space station?
• You now doubled the rotation speed, what would be the weight of an astronaut, whose weight in carth is 70 kg.
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