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Can I argue that the Earth's surface is an inertial reference to explain why we can't feel it's rotation? [duplicate]
Passengers on a plane cannot feel the plane move when it's at cruise speed. Can the same reasoning be extended to earth's rotation to explain why we cannot feel it rotate even though it's rotating at ...
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Coriolis object deflection and conservation of angular momenutum
I'm trying to understan kinematic inertial explanation of the apparent deviation of objects due to fictitious forces in rotating Earth.
Take an object moving from the equator northwards, or ...
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Deviation of free falling objects (Coriolis effect) using conservation of angular momentum
I read this pdf on non inertial frame, in particular I have a question on the deviation of free falling object due to Coriolis effect.
Consider a ball let go from a tower at height $h$. The ...
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