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		jcl on Sept 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US scientists find potentially habitable planet ne... Gravitational force is dependent on mass, not how much an object is spinning.

christangrant on Oct 6, 2010 [–]

So centripetal force is independent from planetary gravitational force...

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