If the Earth were a perfect sphere with no atmosphere (only gravitational forces) and you are at the equator and facing directly spinward (i.e. toward the direction of rotation), and you fired a bullet directly upward, where would it land in relation to you? In front of you, behind you, or on your head?
For those of you who would actually like to do some math: If the bullet had a muzzle velocity of 500m/s, and the Earth has a rotational velocity of 465m/s at the equator, a uniform gravitational acceleration of 9.8m/s at all altitudes (for simplicity's sake), and a circumference of 40,000,000 meters... calculate the distance from you that it would land.
2006-06-16
08:06:33
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stellarfirefly
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