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jose
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I guess this question is very easy, but after it occurred to me, it has been torturing me for quite a while.
I don't understand how the Coriolis effect and Foucault pendulum work. I thought everything inside the Earth was moving along with it (inertia).
If we are in a moving train, and throw a ball to the floor, the floor is moving along with the train. Why the same doesn't apply to the Foucault pendulum and to big masses of water?
Thanks,
Jose
I don't understand how the Coriolis effect and Foucault pendulum work. I thought everything inside the Earth was moving along with it (inertia).
If we are in a moving train, and throw a ball to the floor, the floor is moving along with the train. Why the same doesn't apply to the Foucault pendulum and to big masses of water?
Thanks,
Jose