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Old 09-May-2008, 04:36 PM
grant hutchison grant hutchison is offline
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Originally Posted by ravens_cry View Post
Heres a wondermant about centrifuges and near light speed. Now if a record on a recocrd player spins at 33 1/2 rpm, at the edge. However, at a spot closer to the center will be spinning faster.
Not so.
Same speed (in angular velocity) or slower (in linear velocity).
The spot near the centre has less distance to travel to make one revolution.

Grant Hutchison
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