Gollum@feddit.org to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow did gravity worked on the Death Star?feddit.orgimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down111 cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
arrow-up1212arrow-down1imageHow did gravity worked on the Death Star?feddit.orgGollum@feddit.org to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square46linkfedilink cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoIt doesn’t spin, otherwise the laser becomes… pointless.
minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoCould still establish orbit and adjust spin in a way so they are tidally locked
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minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s manned by military personel who should expect not having comfortable 1g all the time (either way doesn’t matter as Star Wars has magic gravity anyways)
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThen you don’t get the spin you need but whatever is compatible with the thing you are orbiting.
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNot if the center of the laser dish is one of the poles.
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYes but once you start spinning you want to keep spinning, and that kinda fucks with turning in any direction because of the angulam momentum.
minus-squareparadox2011@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI feel like there’s a pun semi-buried here…
It doesn’t spin, otherwise the laser becomes… pointless.
Could still establish orbit and adjust spin in a way so they are tidally locked
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It’s manned by military personel who should expect not having comfortable 1g all the time (either way doesn’t matter as Star Wars has magic gravity anyways)
Then you don’t get the spin you need but whatever is compatible with the thing you are orbiting.
Not if the center of the laser dish is one of the poles.
Yes but once you start spinning you want to keep spinning, and that kinda fucks with turning in any direction because of the angulam momentum.
I feel like there’s a pun semi-buried here…