Resurrection, because I really don't want to start a new thread. 
If one moves through a magnetic field of .25 Gauss (low end of earth's magnetic field) at a rate of 100 kM/s, an EMF of ~75 mV will be generated in a 3 cm wire. (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hba...nwir2.html)
I'm taking 3 cm to be the approximate length of an atrial chamber in a human heart.
There is a potential difference across atrial cells of approximately 70 mV. (http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/IYearLab/EKG.pdf)
Since I'm only looking to overcome the potential across an atrium, I don't need to worry about current flow dependent on resistance- the EMF will build in some finite time, and remain as long as motion is maintained.
Not enough for electrocution, but enough to upset the heart dipole and stop that atrium from pumping. Still lethal- if you are going 100 kM/s- which is probably lethal all on its own, and I don't know how you'd manage to stay in orbit, anyway.
I worked on a program many years ago with a 1+ Tesla magnet, which is much greater than the earth's .25 Gauss. There, passing by that magnet at >2.5 M/s would do the job.
If one moves through a magnetic field of .25 Gauss (low end of earth's magnetic field) at a rate of 100 kM/s, an EMF of ~75 mV will be generated in a 3 cm wire. (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hba...nwir2.html)
I'm taking 3 cm to be the approximate length of an atrial chamber in a human heart.
There is a potential difference across atrial cells of approximately 70 mV. (http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/IYearLab/EKG.pdf)
Since I'm only looking to overcome the potential across an atrium, I don't need to worry about current flow dependent on resistance- the EMF will build in some finite time, and remain as long as motion is maintained.
Not enough for electrocution, but enough to upset the heart dipole and stop that atrium from pumping. Still lethal- if you are going 100 kM/s- which is probably lethal all on its own, and I don't know how you'd manage to stay in orbit, anyway.
I worked on a program many years ago with a 1+ Tesla magnet, which is much greater than the earth's .25 Gauss. There, passing by that magnet at >2.5 M/s would do the job.
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