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Calculate Earth angular speed [closed]
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_{\...
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Can we feel weightless if Earth's angular velocity is big enough? [duplicate]
According to Fn=Fg-Fc , if earth's angular velocity is big enough to make Fc equal to Fg, would we feel weightless?
I did some basic calculation earth has to rotate at 1 rev/5064s at equator for Fc to ...
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How much effort would be required to fix the Earth's rotation?
Given that the earth's rotation has been slowing down by very slight amounts over time, forcing us to introduce leap seconds and so forth into our clocks and calendars, I would like to ask if this ...
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Does Earth's Rotation Affect Its Shape?
The question I am working on is, "Consider the following.
(a) Find the angular speed of Earth's rotation about its axis. rad/s
(b) How does this rotation affect the shape of Earth?"
I am ...
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