Beanstalk for a tide locked world?

Captain-Captain · 10-19-2009, 10:19 PM

slower = further out.

Use the Moon as an example. it has a Seleneosychrounous sattelite. Earth.

The center of mass of the beanstalk HAS to orbit the equator of the planet and be the distance of the primary. A tide locked Earth would need a beanstalk whose center of mass was located out 93 million miles or so. And obviously couldn't be built at the Noon position lest it touch the Sun.

Of course angular momentum and stress REALlY REALLY REALLY become issues for the beasntalk.

10-19-2009, 10:19 PM	#3
Captain-Captain Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Beanstalk for a tide locked world? slower = further out. Use the Moon as an example. it has a Seleneosychrounous sattelite. Earth. The center of mass of the beanstalk HAS to orbit the equator of the planet and be the distance of the primary. A tide locked Earth would need a beanstalk whose center of mass was located out 93 million miles or so. And obviously couldn't be built at the Noon position lest it touch the Sun. Of course angular momentum and stress REALlY REALLY REALLY become issues for the beasntalk. __________________ ...().0...0() .../..........\ -/......O.....\- ...VVVVVVV ..^^^^^^^ A clock running two hours slow has the correct time zero times a day.