Future Space Stations Will Create an Artificial Gravity by Rotating

question 10

Multiple Choice

Future space stations will create an artificial gravity by rotating.Consider a cylindrical space station 390 m diameter rotating about its central axis.Astronauts walk on the inside surface of the space station.What rotation period will provide "normal" gravity?

• A) 28 s
• B) 40 s
• C) 6.3 s
• D) 4.4 s