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Energy required to tilt Earth’s axis by 90 degrees? [closed]
How much energy would be required to tilt Earth’s rotation axis in such a way that what is now poles would be where to equators are relative to Sun and vice versa?
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Is the Earth a gyro?
Due to rotation and low friction, can the Earth be considered a gyroscope? If so, any interesting implications to this? Thanks
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Flat Earth experiment, but with gyroscope
A man conducted "an experiment" (quotes really, really necessary) to prove that earth is flat. Here's a link. He used a spirit level, set it up before takeoff and expected the level to be tilted after ...
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Measuring Earth rotation rate about its axis with gyroscopes
With gyroscopes having two basic properties, precession and rigidity in space, shouldn't we see an apparent movement (due to rigidity in space) of a gyroscope's rotor (gimbals) in relation to the ...
