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But it could rotate about its long axis for artificial gravity no? Seems more "natural"...

• clort 9y ago
  Coriolis effects would be more pronounced with a smaller radius? Also, the rotational speed would need to be a lot higher to get the same gravitational effect, so the effects might end up many times greater. Its difficult to suggest what conditions these hypothetical aliens would need, of course..
• valuearb 9y ago
  The reddit thread has the following calculation. "At a spin rate of 1 rotation every 7.3 hours and a radius of 200 metres, an object on the inner surface of the very end of the "spaceship" would experience gravity at 0.000001g" That's really far to small to simulate any type of artificial gravity.
  • AdamJacobMuller 9y ago
    0.000001g doesn't even seem like its enough to make liquids pourable.
  • mrfusion 9y ago
    Maybe it’s still spinning up to a higher rate?
    • clort 9y ago
      As its already passed through the system (I think?) that would be spinning down.. though realistically for my scenario, it would fully exit the system before it did that.