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🛰️ Spinning for Gravity: Rotating Space Habitats

A spinning ring or cylinder space habitat generating artificial gravity through centripetal force — tune radius and RPM, watch crew comfort and Coriolis deflection respond live.

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A ring or cylinder space station spins about its central hub, and everything standing on its inner wall is thrown "downward" against the floor by centripetal acceleration — manufactured gravity from rotation alone.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Spin gravity (a = ω²R), rim speed, the head-to-foot gravity gradient, and the Coriolis deflection a crew member experiences pushing off from the zero-g hub toward the rotating rim.

🎮 How to Use

Adjust habitat radius and RPM to see spin gravity and crew comfort respond live. Switch between a ring and a twin O'Neill cylinder, then drop a test object from the hub to see how far it lands from its target.

💡 Did You Know?

Doubling a habitat's radius lets you halve its spin rate for the same 1g — which is why serious O'Neill-cylinder proposals run kilometres across: bigger stations feel far more comfortable to live in.

⚙ Under the hood

A spinning ring or cylinder space habitat generating artificial gravity through centripetal force — tune radius and RPM, watch crew comfort and Coriolis deflection respond live.

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