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How may I calculate Earth's angular speed at specific point (The green dot for example)?

Note: I know that angular speed $= \dfrac{2\pi}{T}$ But how may I found $T$ in this case?

I found too that $R_{\text{new}}=R_{\text{old}}\sin (43)$ where $R_{old}$ stands for radius of Earth

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    $\begingroup$ How about T = 24 hours? $\endgroup$
    – Puk
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:26
  • $\begingroup$ That's not true... I do exist in different location which means at the green point it will finish rotating faster $\endgroup$
    – Daniel98
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:28
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    $\begingroup$ How long is a day where you live? $\endgroup$
    – Puk
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:30
  • $\begingroup$ Where ever you are, a say (day + night) is ALWAYS 24 h. $\endgroup$
    – Gert
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:41
  • $\begingroup$ A sidereal day is approximately 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.0905 seconds = 23.9344696 h. $\endgroup$
    – PM 2Ring
    Commented Jun 15, 2020 at 7:07

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How may I calculate earth's angular speed at specific point (The green dot for example)?

The angular velocity doesn't depend on the position of the green dot. Assuming uniform rotational speed it is simply:

$$\omega = \frac{2\pi}{T}$$

where $T$ is the period of rotation, in the case of Earth $T=24\mathrm{h}$.

The tangential velocity $v$ for a point is given by:

$$v=R\omega$$

where $R$ is the distance of the point to the axis of rotation (in your case $R_{earth}\sin\lambda$).

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  • $\begingroup$ I'm trying to solve a question on how much coriolis force will affect a ball falling from a height of 150m from the green point, so what you are saying is that the result is not related to the position which is wrong. $\endgroup$
    – Daniel98
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:36
  • $\begingroup$ But you don't even mention Coriolis in your question!!! $\endgroup$
    – Gert
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:38
  • $\begingroup$ because you said specific questions are forbidden $\endgroup$
    – Daniel98
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:39
  • $\begingroup$ because you said specific questions are forbidden where did I say that??? $\endgroup$
    – Gert
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:40
  • $\begingroup$ @Daniel98 Gert’s answer is correct. It does not imply that the Coriolis force is independent of position. You jumped to an erroneous conclusion. $\endgroup$
    – G. Smith
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:42
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Notice, the angular speed $\omega$ of each and every on a rotating body remains constant irrespective of its position from the axis of rotation.

The angular speed at any point of a rotating body having period of one revolution $T$ (i.e. $24$ hrs for the Earth) is given as follows $$\omega=\frac{2\pi}{T}\ \ (\text{rad/s})$$ If $r$ is the normal distance of any specific point from the axis of rotation then its tangential velocity $v$ is given as $$v=r\omega \ \ (\text{m/s})$$

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The normal distance of green dot from the axis of rotation is $R_{old}\sin\lambda$. Where $\lambda=43^\circ$. The angular speed $\omega$ of green dot will be constant while its tangential velocity $v$ will be $$v=(R_{old}\sin43^\circ)\omega$$

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  • $\begingroup$ This answer seems to simply repeat Gert’s answer. $\endgroup$
    – G. Smith
    Commented Jun 14, 2020 at 22:55

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