Quote (SicKid @ Aug 20 2018 09:43pm)
Where do you get this information from? At the Equator the earth is spinning at 1,000+ MPH Allegedly
Uhh, if it spins once per day then the rate is 1/(mins in a day) rpm.
So calculate the expected cemtripetal force. The radius claimed is 6400000 meters, and speed is 450m/s (converted from 1000mph)
You can look up the centripetal acceleration equation and it's v^2/r
Which comes out to 0.031m/s^2
So.... such a slow acceleration that the friction of your feet on the ground is more than enough to stop it, by several orders of magnitude. Additionally since the measured (measured, not theoretical) downward acceleration of something dropped Is 9.8m/s^2 that means you wouldn't notice the spin anyway.
This post was edited by Thor123422 on Aug 20 2018 09:51pm