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Old 17-11-2008, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by xelasnave View Post
I wonder if the prospect of frame dragging does not suggest spinning will increase gravity... something spinning fast will have space time wrapping around it and one would think compressing the grid which is in effect a way of saying gravity has increased. Although I can not demonstrate what I suggest I feel such a view may be demonstratable using the general premise of frame dragging.

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No it doesn't. Rotating a massive object changes the geometry of space-time around the object without affecting the strength of the field.

Charged particles caught in the ergosphere will generate a magnetic field.

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