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Gnow the Truth ( aka Know the Truth) - Flat Earth Proof 22 - The Coriolis Effect


Dear Know the Truth,

Fact check = You FAIL
WATER DOWN THE DRAIN is an INVALID TEST of the Coriolis Force.

As for water emptying down a drain, the amount of deflection produced by the Coriolis force is a couple orders of magnitude too small compared to other influences.

What is the Coriolis Force?
An effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.

On the earth, the effect causes weather patterns (storms) to rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

If the Earth did not rotate, there would be no Coriolis Effect.

See picture 1 below.

The actual paths of winds and of ocean currents, which are pushed by winds are partly a result of the Coriolis effect.

The Coriolis effect bends the westerlies and trade winds slightly clockwise in the northern hemisphere.

The Coriolis effect influences the global wind patterns and gives the United Kingdom its prevailing south-westerlies.

The Coriolis Effect can be seen in action in the general circulation of the atmosphere. The winds at all latitudes to the north of 0 degrees deflect to the right of their intended path in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Coriolis Effect does not impact the wind speed, only the wind direction.

The Coriolis Effect impacts objects on a large scale and does not generally have a big influence on small scale objects at the earth's surface. Though hurricanes are small scale compared to the overall globe, hurricanes need the Coriolis Effect to help develop the circular motion of their circulations. Tornadoes are not impacted by the Coriolis Effect because they are so small in scale and short in duration

The Coriolis Effect influence airplane navigation. (FAA Flight Navigator Handbook-FAA-H-8083-18)...

The Earth, Shape and Size ...1-2
For most navigational purposes, the earth is assumed to be a perfect sphere, although in reality it is not.

Inspection of the earth's crust reveals there is a height variation of approximately 12 miles from the top of the tallest mountain to the bottom of the deepest point in the ocean.

A more significant deviation from round is caused by a combination of the earth's rotation and its structural flexibility. When taking the ellipsoidal shape of the planet into account, mountains seem rather insignificant. The peaks of the Andes are much farther from the center of the earth than Mount Everest.

Measured at the equator, the earth is approximately 6,378,137 meters in diameter, while the polar diameter is approximately 6,356,752.3142 meters.

The difference in these diameters is 21,384.6858 meters, and this difference may be used to express the ellipticity of the earth. The ratio between this difference and the equatorial diameter is:

Ellipticity = 21,384.6858 = 1
6 378,137 298.257223

Since the equatorial diameter exceeds the polar diameter by only 1 part in 298, the earth is nearly spherical. A symmetrical body having the same dimensions as the earth, but with a smooth surface, is called an ellipsoid. The ellipsoid is sometimes described as a spheroid, or an oblate spheroid.

Any free-moving body traveling at a constant speed above the earth is subject to an apparent force that deflects its path to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

This apparent force, and the resulting acceleration, were first discovered shortly before the middle of the 19th century by Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis (1792-1843) and given quantitative formulation by William Ferrel (1817- 1891). The acceleration is known as Coriolis acceleration, or force, or simply, Coriolis, and is expressed in Ferrel's law.

You must realize that the bubble sextant indicates the true vertical only when the instrument is at rest or moving at a constant speed in a straight line as perceived in space. If the earth were motionless, this straight path in space would also be a straight path over the surface of the earth; conversely, a straight path over the motionless earth would also be a straight path in space.

When the aircraft is flying a path curved in space to the left, the fluid in the bubble chamber is deflected to the right, and the bubble is deflected to the left of the aircraft's path over the earth. When the aircraft is flying a curved path in space to the right, the reverse is true...

FAA Flight Navigator Handbook-FAA-H-8083-18
http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/FAA-H-8083-18.pdf
http://www.flightschoollist.com/free-flight-training-books/faa-flight-navigator-handbook.php

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Fact check = You FAIL
The Coriolis Force does have an important effect on the path a bullet travels. All snipers are trained to take this into account.

Here is how to calculate the effect on the path of a bullet...

The Horizontal Deflection is calculated using this formula

0.00007292 times X times SIN (Lat) times TOF

With

0.00007292 is a constant representing the spin of the Earth X = range to the target in feet SIN (Lat) being the sine of the Latitude you’re located with a + for North of the Equator and – for South of the equator. Hopefully your calculator has a SIN key. TOF= time of flight of our shot obtained from a ballistics program.

And the answer will be in feet.

Conclusion:
Despite your denial, which is only personal opinion backed up by zero evidence, the Coriolis Force is a consideration for a bullets trajectory over long distances.

Picture 2 below shows the path a bullet takes when shot from the North Pole. It curves to the right.



Discussion at - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ipUKERU0tzYFxALJBli4A/discussion
Video at..
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phj7RUP9oyY)

kind regards, JonahTheScientist


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