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Effect of Coriolis force on a falling stone

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If a stone falls from a height freely due to gravity will there be a shift due to Coriolis force?

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Rizwan M

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9 Dec 2008 19:45:26 IST

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YEs there will be since earth frame ref is not stationary but rotatory so there will be for eg

Freely moving objects on the surface of the Earth experience a Coriolis force, and appear to veer to the right in the nothern hemisphere, and to the left in the southern.

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