With what speed must a space station of 60m radius rotate to produce at its outer rim an artificial gravity equal to true gravity(as on the surface of earth)? keep in mind that the space station produce the gravity of 9.8m/sec.sec..
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$\begingroup$ Hello and welcome to Worldbuilding. I am afraid your question is very much out of scope for this StackExchange. However the answer is: 4 revolutions per minute. $\endgroup$ – MichaelK Sep 2 '16 at 10:08
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$\begingroup$ At which point many people would get the heaves. $\endgroup$ – EvilSnack Sep 3 '16 at 17:30
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The acceleration equation is : 
with gamma : acceleration (m.s^-2), v : speed (m.s^-1), r : radius (m), omega : rotational speed (s^-1)
Here you want gamma = 1g = 9.8 m.s^-1 and r = 60m
So 
. Which results in w (omega) = 0.4041 rad.s^-1 = 3.86 tr/min
answered Sep 2 '16 at 10:26
