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Bob Jenkins to eripe

Re: earth space elevator, moon, tilt

17 Sep 19 08:12:37

   From: bob_jenkins@burtleburtle.net   
      
   On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 5:03:11 PM UTC-7, eripe wrote:   
      
   > The force from the moon is tiny compared to the self correcting force to the   
   rotating plane. If the station is 1° off that plane it will be pulled back by   
   a force of sin(1)= 1,7% of its mass.    
   > The moon can only make it wobble a widdle.   
      
   What assures that the rotating plane of the elevator remains the plane of the   
   equator?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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