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jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote on Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:51:01
+0000 (UTC) in soc.history.what-if :
>In article ,
>pyotr filipivich wrote:
>>>
>>I don't think you could get any help from a fast rotation,
>>I doubt centrifugal force would really counter gravity at the plant
>>surface, even at the equator.
>
>Consider Haumea as a model:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haumea_(dwarf_planet)
Hmm, learned something new.
SO the question now comes, what is the perceived surface gravity
on such a planet.
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pyotr Filipivich
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