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==Simulating lunar gravity== {{see also |Gravitation of the Moon#Simulating lunar gravity}} In January 2022, China was reported by the [[South China Morning Post]] to have built a small ({{convert|60|cm|lk=on}} [[diameter]]) research facility to simulate low [[lunar gravity]] with the help of [[magnet]]s.<ref name=Futurism01a>{{cite web |author=|authorlink=|title=China building "Artificial Moon" that simulates low gravity with magnets|url=https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-artificial-moon-magnets|website=Futurism.com|publisher=Recurrent Ventures|access-date=17 January 2022 |date=January 12, 2022|language=|quote=Interestingly, the facility was partly inspired by previous research conducted by Russian physicist Andrew Geim in which he floated a frog with a magnet. The experiment earned Geim the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics, a satirical award for unusual scientific research. It's cool that a quirky experiment involving floating a frog could lead to something approaching an honest-to-God antigravity chamber.}}</ref><ref name=scmp2022-01-12a>{{cite web |first1=Stephen | last1 = Chen|authorlink=|title=China has built an artificial moon that simulates low-gravity conditions on Earth|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3162972/china-has-built-artificial-moon-simulates-low-gravity-conditions|website=|publisher=[[South China Morning Post]]|access-date=17 January 2022 |date=12 January 2022 |language=|quote=It is said to be the first of its kind and could play a key role in the country’s future lunar missions. The magnetic field supported the landscape and was inspired by experiments to levitate a frog.}}</ref> The facility was reportedly partly inspired by the work of [[Andre Geim]] (who later shared the 2010 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for his research on [[graphene]]) and [[Michael Berry (physicist)|Michael Berry]], who both shared the [[Ig Nobel Prize]] in Physics in [[List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners#2000|2000]] for the [[magnetic levitation]] of a frog.<ref name=Futurism01a/><ref name=scmp2022-01-12a/>
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