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30th June 2001 | 13:19

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Mass = m
Weight = mg (g is 9.81 m/s/s on Planet Earth)
'Centrifugal force' = mass x radius of plane of rotation x square of angular velocity

'Weight' is unaffected by rotational spinning of any kind.