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[zandperl.livejournal.com]

for the movements of objects aboard the station relative to the station, if we do all our math as if there is no gravity involved, we ought to get the right results,

Well, technically it would still be a non-inertial reference frame, so if the station is large enough then an assumption of no gravity and an inertial reference frame would not be correct.

If you care about the details, if the station is large enough in the radial direction, objects floating in the station closer to or farther from the Earth would appear to drift forward or backwards in orbit (respectively, I think). If the station is large enough in the other direction perpendicular to travel (i.e., for an East-West orbit, long in the North-South direction) you would be able to measure the Coriolis force.

[q10.livejournal.com]

thanks - this is quite illuminating.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Whew! I'm never sure which things you already know and which you don't, so I'm glad this one came out as useful rather than talking down. :-P

[q10.livejournal.com]

well, i mean, you're clearly entitled to risk talking down if i seem not to know what i'm talking about. in some cases, when i perceive things as talking down, i get snippy, but even in those cases that's an issue with me, but a sign that you've done anything wrong.