Gollum@feddit.org to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoHow did gravity worked on the Death Star?feddit.orgimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square46fedilink cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoCould also be spin gravity, with the feet pointing outwards.
minus-squaredwindling7373linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoIt doesn’t spin, otherwise the laser becomes… pointless.
minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoCould still establish orbit and adjust spin in a way so they are tidally locked
minus-squaredwindling7373linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThen you don’t get the spin you need but whatever is compatible with the thing you are orbiting.
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minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months 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-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoNot if the center of the laser dish is one of the poles.
minus-squaredwindling7373linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months 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-up2·4 months agoI feel like there’s a pun semi-buried here…
Could also be spin gravity, with the feet pointing outwards.
It doesn’t spin, otherwise the laser becomes… pointless.
Could still establish orbit and adjust spin in a way so they are tidally locked
Then you don’t get the spin you need but whatever is compatible with the thing you are orbiting.
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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)
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…