Timeline for Throwing a ball in a rotating space station
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
8 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2016 at 3:47 | vote | accept | math_lover | ||
| Dec 2, 2014 at 22:47 | history | edited | Hypnosifl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 282 characters in body
|
| Dec 2, 2014 at 22:15 | history | edited | Hypnosifl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 138 characters in body
|
| Dec 2, 2014 at 20:52 | history | edited | Hypnosifl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 3827 characters in body
|
| Nov 27, 2014 at 2:29 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | The Coriolis force is a velocity-dependent fictitious force that's felt for all moving objects, even ones that are touching the floor, and it's what tells you you're not in a real gravitational field (along with the curvature of the floor). However, the larger the station, the weaker the Coriolis effect will be for a given velocity. I can add something about this to the answer if you think it'll make it clearer. | |
| Nov 27, 2014 at 2:03 | comment | added | math_lover | Thanks for adressing that. So that is quite interesting. It means that gravity would only be simulated well for objects touching the floor of the space station. I wonder if this could result in new kinds of sports in rotating spaceships. | |
| Nov 27, 2014 at 1:57 | history | edited | Hypnosifl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 575 characters in body
|
| Nov 27, 2014 at 1:39 | history | answered | Hypnosifl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |