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  • However, imagine trying to hit a fast-rotating object (the tether) with another fast-moving object (a vehicle), keep the two connected for exactly the right time, so that neither of the two objects goes flying into the blue yonder (or worse: back to Earth).

    research meh mikandra 2010

  • However, imagine trying to hit a fast-rotating object (the tether) with another fast-moving object (a vehicle), keep the two connected for exactly the right time, so that neither of the two objects goes flying into the blue yonder (or worse: back to Earth).

    mikandra: research meh mikandra 2010

  • When more than one axis of rotation is involved (Figure 2), the complex event horizon in fast-rotating singularities creates a field allowing one-way passage between realms but offers no way of returning through the same singularity.

    The Hand of Chaos Hickman, Tracy 1993

  • They had a two-second rule, which was installed to move, shoot or pass quickly to keep the fast-rotating Celtics from recovering, but it was forgotten in the second half.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle rsimmons@sfchronicle.com (Rusty Simmons 2011

  • A fast-rotating star, Achernar has a spin velocity of 225 to 300 kilometers per second, completing a rotation of only 2.1 days, causing the star to eject mass at a rate thousands of times greater than our Sun.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • A fast-rotating star, Achernar has a spin velocity of 225 to 300 kilometers per second, completing a rotation of only 2.1 days, causing the star to eject mass at a rate thousands of times greater than our Sun.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] BMcP 2010

  • Einstein@home project has made its first major discovery: a fast-rotating pulsar called PSR J2007 2722.

    Neoseeker News Feed 2010

  • Home office computers in Ames, Iowa, and Mainz, Germany, were cited Thursday in the discovery of fast-rotating pulsar called PSR J2007+2722.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The phenomenon may be restricted to young, especially fast-rotating pulsars that are capable of accelerating particles to the energies needed to emit gamma rays.

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

  • There's a reason so many amateurs love to this fast-rotating disk full of dynamic colored features … Because it's so easy to see changes!

    Universe Today 2009

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