Certainly, even the Hand Of Harry could do it, by setting it in rotation wrt the ground at one turn per day and then releasing it.
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Veeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: centripetal force question ... > But if the hand of God placed a non-rotating wheel (wrt to distant stars) > > in the supporting frame, then it would behave as I drew it? ;-) ...