> 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. Yes, that makes sense. Do you know what is the "major" magnetic material (in terms of quantity and magnetic field strength. Aluminum is a common material used in building satellites, but it is only a paramagnetic material) for Starshine? When the typical satellite has its spin rate gradually reduced, is this primary from the atmosphere, or the Earth's magnetic field? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/projectorion 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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