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Why you do not feel the 1600 kmp spinning speed at the equator of the earth?
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∙ 12y ago
Very important fact, that comes up in hundreds of situations . . . . . We never feel motion.
We only feel changes in motion.
Example: You can read or sleep very well in a car going 70 miles an hour, as long as the
car doesn't speed up, slow down, turn, or hit a rough spot. And have you ever been on
an airliner, cruising along at 400 miles an hour while you read a book or take a nap ?
It makes no difference whether you're moving fast or slow, horizontally or vertically.
You feel nothing until either the speed or the direction changes.
On the spinning earth, you're moving almost 1,040 miles an hour at the equator, or
730 miles an hour at the latitude of Chicago. You don't feel the speed in the direction
east along the ground, because it never changes. You do feel the force it takes to
keep you moving in a circle at that speed ... the force you call your "weight".
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Earth's rotation is from west to east. When launching satellites, it's more convenient to launch in the same direction, to take advantage of this initial impulse, and thus save energy - since the satellite must have a certain speed in order to orbit Earth. To have a satellite from east to west would require an additional speed (with respect to Earth's surface) of twice the speed of Earth's rotation, which is about 1600 km/hour at the equator.
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1600s Galileo attempted to measure the speed of light using blank?
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i dont really know but if you were in a 50 mile radius in the circumference of the earth i think it will take an hour
Why do the vast majority of satellites go generally from west to east and very rarely?
Earth's rotation is from west to east. When launching satellites, it's more convenient to launch in the same direction, to take advantage of this initial impulse, and thus save energy - since the satellite must have a certain speed in order to orbit Earth. To have a satellite from east to west would require an additional speed (with respect to Earth's surface) of twice the speed of Earth's rotation, which is about 1600 km/hour at the equator.
Does the Earth spin so fast you cant feel it?
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What direction is in the equator from Mazatlan Mexico?
The equator is due south from Mazatlan. Conversely, Mazatlan is almost 2600 kilometers (1600 miles) north of the equator.
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