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Centrifugal force due to rotation of the Earth has among its effects the deviation towards the equator of a ball falling from height ##h## vertically on Earth.
I do not understand what is the inertial explanation of this phenomenon. Once the ball is released there is no centripetal force that causes it to curve its path, hence it will move in elliptic trajectory (only due to gravity).
Why does the ball move towards the equator also?
I do not understand what is the inertial explanation of this phenomenon. Once the ball is released there is no centripetal force that causes it to curve its path, hence it will move in elliptic trajectory (only due to gravity).
Why does the ball move towards the equator also?