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Originally Posted by grant hutchison
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 |
Ok, I got that wrong, but it still doesn't invalidate my point. If you spun the hub/spindle/center of the centrifuge near lightspeed, then the pod at the end would be going faster in linear velocity.
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