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		littlestymaar on Oct 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One Revolution per Minute [video] They wanted it to be 450m wide so that the curvature would be clearly visible on camera, and then Two Revolutions per Minute is arguably a worse title than with One ;).

muxator on Oct 3, 2023 [–]

Actually it would have been sqrt(2) revolutions per minute :)

littlestymaar on Oct 4, 2023 | [–]

Indeed, the force is linear respective to the radius, but quadratic respective to the rotation speed. Thanks for the correction.

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