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Old 12-22-2019, 08:58 PM   #8005 (permalink)
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Ideally the counterweight would be as heavy as possible, so the living quarters are as far away from the rotation point as possible.
With a small living quarters, the barycenter could be within the bigger object.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
[Search domain en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-Moon_barycenter] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-Moon_barycenter
This is the case for the Earth-Moon system, in which the barycenter is located on average 4,671 km (2,902 mi) from the Earth's center, well within Earth's radius of 6,378 km (3,963 mi).
Minimum of six cables in an hyperbolic paraboloid for a rigid structure under tension. Plus a Hyperloop tube for transiting?

Good point about the precession of it's orientation. Perhaps it would actually be a thick barrel shape with open ends and the unshielded parts in the inside.
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