Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Max on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 2:37am.

A space station is shaped like a ring and rotates to simulate gravity. If the radius of the space station is 120 m, at what frequency must it rotate so that it simulates Earth's gravity? [Hint: The apparent weight of the astronauts must be the same as their weight on Earth.]

Physics - drwls, Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 5:40am
R w^2 = g

w is the angular frequency in radians pers second.
Physics - Max, Monday, March 8, 2010 at 5:16pm
I am getting .2858 But its wrong

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