Review. A cylindrical habitat in space 6.00 km in diameter

Chapter 13, Problem 51

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Review. A cylindrical habitat in space 6.00 km in diameter and 30.0 km long has been proposed (by G. K. ONeill, 1974). Such a habitat would have cities, land, and lakes on the inside surface and air and clouds in the center. They would all be held in place by rotation of the cylinder about its long axis. How fast would the cylinder have to rotate to imitate the Earths gravitational field at the walls of the cylinder?

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