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Originally Posted by ravens_cry
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.
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What? I may be reading this wrong, but the entire record spins at the same RPM, and the spots closer are moving slower (they travel a smaller circumference in the same amount of time)
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Originally Posted by ravens_cry
but what about a centrafuge spinning at say 70% the speed of light.
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By quoting a linear speed instead of a rotational speed, the assumption is the outer circumference. So...
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Originally Posted by ravens_cry
... Wouldn't that mean there are actual spots on the arm of the centrifuge spinning faster then light speed?
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no