Gravity in a Sphere

The 0.5g level is at 60 degrees, not 45. At 45 degrees, you have 0.707g.

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:32:24 +0530, Saatvik Agarwal
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In one of his mails Mike Combs mentioned that a sphere would be
> inhabitable upto 45 degrees.
> Somehow this seems a bit too much to me. At 45 degrees gravity would be
> half of normal Earth gravity, how can people live there?
> (Keeping in mind that according to NASA's 75 Study habitable areas have
> been defined as having gravity between 0.9g and 1g.)
>
> Thanks and regards
> Saatvik Agarwal
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