Hi All,
I am having trouble understanding how centripetal force can be used to create artificial gravity. In TBR Physics, Chapter 2, #8, the question discusses how this artificial gravity is created by the net vector forces pointing away [What are these vectors pointing away???], and the normal force of the walls of the space station provide the inward pointing force.
I don't understand how centripetal force can create gravity [which points towards the center of a mass], if the gravity experienced on the space station is a normal force. Wouldn't this mean there must be a force pushing from the center of the spin axis outward to create this normal force?
Thanks!
I am having trouble understanding how centripetal force can be used to create artificial gravity. In TBR Physics, Chapter 2, #8, the question discusses how this artificial gravity is created by the net vector forces pointing away [What are these vectors pointing away???], and the normal force of the walls of the space station provide the inward pointing force.
I don't understand how centripetal force can create gravity [which points towards the center of a mass], if the gravity experienced on the space station is a normal force. Wouldn't this mean there must be a force pushing from the center of the spin axis outward to create this normal force?
Thanks!