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Ocean tides on a Banks Orbital
Consider a Banks Orbital, a space station three million kilometers in diameter, rotating once per day for 1g artificial gravity, intermediate in size between a Bishop Ring and a Niven Ring: https://...
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What would weather be like in an O'Neill Cylinder with windows?
I've got an O'Neill Cylinder that's virtually identical to Gerard O'Neill's original design, only scaled up a bit to allow for more surface area. The cylinder is divided into 6 sections, 3 windows and ...
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Weather forecast for colossal O'Neill cylinders?
I think we can predict with great accuracy what's the weather going to be in a small O'Neill cylinder since we get to control the humidity and air flows, etc but then a tiny variation in temperature ...
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Hurricane-force winds or gentle breezes in an O'Neill Cylinder?
Let's consider an O'Neill cylinder with a radius of 3.2km and length of 20km. In the classic O'Neill design, we have three large axis-aligned windows in the shell, alternating between purlins of ...
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Vertical cyclones in a rotating space habitat
A common, matter-efficient, science-fiction habitat is a hollow cylinder or ring in space that is spun to simulate the pull of gravity on its interior surface. While for most purposes this artificial ...
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What conditions would make rain possible in an O'Neill Cylinder?
Rain happens when the pressure of moist air drops enough to form droplets and the droplets get heavy enough to fall.
The trouble that I see is that the pressure will probably drop off slower than the ...
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What would the weather be like in an asteroid habitat?
The idea of hollowing out asteroids, spinning them on their longest axis, and filling them with air, water, and soil is common in science fiction (Rendezvous with Rama, or 2312 for good examples). ...
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