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From: marks@tekigm2.UUCP (Mark D. Salzman)
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Subject: Re: How will it fall?
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Date: Tue, 6-May-86 14:53:08 EDT
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<Nobody knows where the Line Eater goes.>

Thank's to all those that responded to my original posting.
The consensus is that the falling ball will curve back against
the direction of spin of the space station. Holding the angular
velocity of the station constant, the instantaneous velocity
increases as you go farther away from the center of spin. Since
the ball, once released, maintains the same velocity that it
had at the release point, it will appear to slow down as it nears
the outer rim (floor) of the station.

Now that we are all aware of these facts, playing catch on such a
space station will be simple, right? :-)

Enjoy!