From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Sun Feb 13 2000 - 10:24:03 MST
Amara Graps wrote:
> From: Spike Jones <spike66@ibm.net> Fri, 11 Feb 2000 :
> >
> >Ja, assuming of course the tunnel passes thru the center
> >of the nonrotating sphere.
>
> No, no, that's one of the beautiful things about this problem.
> It _doesn't matter_ where the ends of the cylinder are located.
> It doesn't have to go through the center of the sphere.
Kewall! I missed that. Assuming you have a frictionless rail
or something to ride on, then the tunnel could be anywhere, and
the oscillation period is 85 minutes on a constant density earth-
sized sphere. Now that I think it over, if given a frictionless
tube in which to oscillate, even rotation doesnt spoil the game.
> What a nerd! :-) Amara
No, worse than that. A dweeb, a weenie, a... dare I say it?
lover of equations! {8^D spike
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