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I was thinking about ways to test relativity, and time dilation.
The idea popped in my head of designing something, housing a clock, with the intention of getting it to spin in the vacuum of space, as fast as possible, and observe the difference in time.
Is this feasible? Has this been done before?
Aside from the relativity aspect, I just thought it would be cool to see how fast we could spin something.
I imagine a skinny cylinder, with receiving antennas at each end, powered by microwaves beamed into it from separate power sources. I'm not sure what type of propulsion would be used.
Has this been done before? What is the artificial RPM world record?
Also, what is the fastest know natural spinning object in space?
The idea popped in my head of designing something, housing a clock, with the intention of getting it to spin in the vacuum of space, as fast as possible, and observe the difference in time.
Is this feasible? Has this been done before?
Aside from the relativity aspect, I just thought it would be cool to see how fast we could spin something.
I imagine a skinny cylinder, with receiving antennas at each end, powered by microwaves beamed into it from separate power sources. I'm not sure what type of propulsion would be used.
Has this been done before? What is the artificial RPM world record?
Also, what is the fastest know natural spinning object in space?