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Dredging into the archaeological recesses of memory.....
As I recall, it will depend on your mass. In space you will operate as a system rotating around your mutual center of mass; therefore, the "orbital" radius of the 1lbm object will be larger as your mass is larger. Iow, if your mass is also 1lbm, the radius of the orbit is 1.5ft. If your mass is infinite, the radius is 3ft.
The force on the rope is:
F = ( m * v^2) / r
Combine with masraum's eq'ns.
Not enough information to solve, though with a bit of time you could probably have a result that is expressed as a function of M2.
It has been a long time since I last did that stuff.
Jim
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Last edited by Jim727; 12-18-2007 at 08:51 AM..
Reason: Edited equation due to stupidity while tired
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