P2_3 Spinning Asteroid Habitats

Authors

  • Joseph Duggan University of Leicester
  • Gregor Gillan University of Leicester
  • Luke Meehan University of Leicester
  • Alex Tyrrell University of Leicester

Abstract

The concept of using centripetal acceleration from circular motion as a source of articial gravity
is a known possible solution to surviving weightless environments long term. We applied this
concept to asteroids, calculating that it would take of the order 10^20 J to spin up Phobos to make the centripetal acceleration equal to 9.81 ms^-2.

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Published

16-12-2020

How to Cite

Duggan, J., Gillan, G., Meehan, L., & Tyrrell, A. (2020). P2_3 Spinning Asteroid Habitats. Physics Special Topics, 19(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/3684

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2020): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles