Re: Threading a moon

Logan Kearsley wrote:

And, if so, how much power could you generate on any particular moon?

It's pretty hard to say. The upper limit would be a wire covering the body's circumference, cutting through perpendicular magnetic field lines, which would of course result in a ginormous current. The real practicality would depend you rely on something else to close the circuit, the moon's rotation, the makeup of the wire, etc.

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