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Is angular acceleration zero in this situation?
A cylindrical space station located in distant space, rotates with constant angular velocity about its axis. An astronaut rotates with the station and is located at the perimeter, a distance R from the axis.
 
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psilovethomas said:
Is angular acceleration zero in this situation?
Sure sounds like it to me. (It says 'constant angular velocity'.)
 
Doc Al,
Thanks for your response. I'm pretty confident in that answer as well. However, I began second-guessing myself because everything seems to different when it's angular and not linear.