[TML] Alderson disk

[Richard Aiken]

On Dec 17, 2007 12:37 PM, Anthony Jackson <ajackson at iii.com> wrote:
> A star is probably slightly susceptible to magnetic fields, but by
> slightly susceptible I mean any reasonable field will take millions to
> billions of years to move the star significantly

Well, aren't we talking about just giving it a regular tiny boost to
counteract the regular tiny drag that the disk imposes?  If the drag
takes 200 million years to slow the bob down to insignificant, it
sounds like a tiny regular boost is all that's needed.

-- 
Richard Aiken

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