Hot air balloon staying in the air for 24 hours

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A hot air balloon that remains airborne for 24 hours will not travel around the world due to the Earth's atmosphere moving with the planet. The balloon will stay relatively close to its original location, influenced by wind patterns. The Earth's rotation speed at the equator is over 1,000 mph, but this does not affect the balloon's trajectory in the same way as a ground-based object. A theoretical jump at the equator would result in landing approximately 1,467 feet away after one second, illustrating the impact of Earth's rotation. The first successful circumnavigation in a hot air balloon took nearly 20 days, relying on high-altitude winds.
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If there is a hot air balloon and it flies into the air and stays there after 24 hours will the balloon have gone around the world once?
 
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Nope. The atmosphere is moving with the earth, not stationary above it, so the balloon will rotate along with everything else on earth, and it will stay near wherever it started (with some variation of course due to winds).
 
Gigil50 said:
If there is a hot air balloon and it flies into the air and stays there after 24 hours will the balloon have gone around the world once?

The Earth spins at over 1000 mph at the equator.

So if you jumped straight up into the air at the equator and were airborne for 1 second, would you land 1,467 feet away? (5,280 times 1000 divided by 60 seconds times 60 minutes)
 

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