Re: dyson sphere stability

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Dec 07 2000 - 16:22:32 MST

"Emlyn" <emlyn@one.net.au> writes:

> Isn't a spinning ring more stable than the dimension of the spinning
> sphere described by it's axis?

No, it is worse. See http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/dysonFAQ.html#STABLE
and http://www.alcyone.com/max/writing/essays/niven-rings.html 

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