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As a homework question, it asks, "...if the Earth were rotating so fast that the objects at the equator were apparently weightless?"
Somewhere, someone said that, quote:
In order for the rotation of the Earth to cancel weight, the gravitational field strength should equal the centripetal accel. (v^2/R)
Do they mean g=a(centripetal)?
I don't get how that makes sense.
Somewhere, someone said that, quote:
In order for the rotation of the Earth to cancel weight, the gravitational field strength should equal the centripetal accel. (v^2/R)
Do they mean g=a(centripetal)?
I don't get how that makes sense.