Timeline for In The Expanse, how does rotating Eros create gravity?
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| Apr 27, 2018 at 2:32 | answer | added | Sasuga | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 0:19 | history | edited | Möoz |
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| May 11, 2017 at 9:31 | comment | added | Flater | The best way to visualize this is having a look at a washing machine. The drum rotates, laundry sticks to the inside of the drum. And yes, as @JDoe said, laundry does not stick to the axis of rotation, but rather tries to stay as far away from it (perpendicularly speaking) as possible. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 18:44 | vote | accept | hitchhiker | ||
| Apr 8, 2017 at 8:48 | comment | added | Valorum | @JDoe - If you rotated it along the long axis, you'd have maximum living space along the inside with the poles reserved for zero-g docking | |
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| Apr 7, 2017 at 22:42 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/850479014804410368 | ||
| Apr 7, 2017 at 21:48 | comment | added | J Doe | This also means that the living space must be limited to under the equator. There won't be any artificial gravity under the poles. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 21:29 | history | edited | tobiasvl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 7, 2017 at 21:08 | answer | added | Valorum | timeline score: 12 | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 21:00 | comment | added | Petersaber | Eros takes advantage of centrifugal force. Floors are placed in such a way, that when you stand inside, your feet are pointed towards space, and your head is pointing at the center of the asteroid. PS: that also means that everywhere you go is uphill on Eros. Huh. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 20:57 | history | edited | Gallifreyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 7, 2017 at 20:49 | comment | added | jonrsharpe | You're thinking of it upside down; on Eros and the other inhabited asteroids they live inside, with the floor being furthest from the core. See e.g. expanse.wikia.com/wiki/Ceres, which shows a map of Ceres where the "lowest" levels are closest to the surface. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 20:47 | history | asked | hitchhiker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |