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Centrifuge RPM

Centrifugal acceleration and RPM versus radius. Radius is to body midline for similar head-to-foot hydrostatic pressure compared to 9.8 m/s² gravity). This neglects subtle long-term Coriolis effects, besides the obvious and well-known vestibular effects of motion in a rotating acceleration field.

a=2R  so ~ R = a (gees) / omega^2 = 9.8 / ( \pi RPM / 60 )^2 = 3575 / RPM^2 meters for one gee