Derive the equation of effective force on a rotating frame about Earth

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The effective force on a particle in a rotating frame around Earth is derived using the relationship between the fixed and rotating frames. The expression for R double dot (R&ddot;) in the rotating frame is simplified due to the fact that the frame itself does not move relative to the center of the Earth. Instead, the changing distance is attributed to the object, denoted as 'r', which is influenced by the angular velocity (ω) of the rotating frame. This leads to the conclusion that the time derivative of R with respect to the rotating frame remains constant, while the time derivative with respect to the fixed Earth frame is represented as ω cross r.

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In my textbook, the effective force of a particle on a rotating frame is given as below:
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The diagram is:
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What I do not understand is the expression for Rf dotdot, which is given as below:
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According to the book, an arbitary vector Q can be expressed as:
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So Rdotdot w.r.t fixed frame can be obtained by substituting Q for Rdot

Why the Rdotdot w.r.t. the rotating frame is gone when we derive (10.31) from (10.12)? As the frame is moving away from the centre of Earth, the R, which is the distance between the frame and the centre of the Earth, should be changing as well when measured from the moving frame.
 
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I just figure out the answer. I think it is because the frame is not moving with respect to the centre of the Earth. It is the object, whose distance from the moving frame is denoted as small letter r, that is changing. So the time derivative of R with respect to the rotating frame is not changing. The frame is only rotating around the Earth and so the time derivative with respect to the fixed Earth frame is omega cross r.
 
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