Could someone explain what Coriolis force is in plain language? Thanks so much!

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I did horribly on my AP physics test btw lol

(also got a headache trying to read the wikipedia entry haha)

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People explain it well below but I wanted to share a great visualization of it from the Science Fiction TV show [“The Expanse”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrGPjyKhO4)

In this scene the person is living on an asteroid that is spinning in circles quickly to mimic gravity, since it is spinning much faster than Earth does, the effect is more pronounced. Good pick up from the special effects department and producers to include this scene.

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