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Dmitriy Ayrapetov wrote:
> 
> how accurate are the physics in this?..
> 
> and btw... i think it would be much cooler to first find out the force
> needed to accelerate this "thing" to such a speed..
Well, one of Newton's laws is at hand here.  F = MA where M = the mass
of the object you wish to accellerate, and A is the amount of
accelleration.  Assuming Santa wants to get to speed within an hour of
starting his journey, the accelleration required is 

  (1046km/sec) / 3600 sec = .290 km/s^2  
                          =  290 m/s (meters per second per second)

To work the force out, we need everything in the same units.  I prefer
SI units, so 326,151 tons is roughly 293535000 kg.

Remember F=MA, so F = 296535000(kg) * 290 (m/s^2) = 85125411000 Newtons
                                                  = 19172390000 Pounds
                                                  = 9586194 tons

So each reindeer in a team of 9 (8+Rudolph) would be pulling with a
force of 1065132 tons!  For a full hour!  Not including wind resistance,
so this calculation is only valid in a vacuum.  In reality (!) the force
would be much higher.  Thats a lot of energy for a reindeer to expend in
such a short time.  Therefore, there must be a lot of high-carbohydrate
food on board for the reindeer, which will only make the situation
worse.  And not only will Santa be delivering the goodies, but the
reindeer will be constantly pooping over the populace.



HTH,
Brian
M.E. TAMU 1988, diverted to software dev since 1990--- 






 then say how much
> momentum it would have.. then talk about the burning up..and there is
> not such thing as a centrifugal foce.. only centripetal foce.. if you
> work out the vector diagram.. it does not exist..
> ...
> 
> this may fuel the discussion for another 10 posts hopefully :)
> 
> dmitriy
> 
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> 
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