Re: Starshine-2 not seen again

From: Tony Beresford (aberesford@iprimus.com.au)
Date: Tue Dec 25 2001 - 18:01:14 EST

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At 02:49 26/12/01, Jonathan T Wojack wrote:


>Do you mean that the upper atmosphere would absorb some of the rotational
>energy, thus causing its spin rate to diminish?
Not the atmosphere but the body of the satellite, Jonathon.
Any moving conductor in a magnetic field has induced currents flowing in
it. Since most conductors have some resistance, there is energy lost
by heat. In the case of a spinning object this comes from the rotational
energy.
Tony Beresford


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