How does the speed of the rotation of the earth dosen’t affect us on a daily basis?
In: Planetary Science
I think the day night cycle effects me…
But I think what you mean why doesn’t it matter that the equator is traveling at 1037mph relative to the poles?
You don’t feel speed, you feel relative speed. In an aircraft at 500 mph you feel stationary, because the seats and air in the cabin are also doing 500 mph.
Same deal. The ground is doing 1000mph, and so is the air and water.
On a macro scale however the difference in velocity with latitude causes air and sea currents. Hurricanes spin counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere, but clockwise in the southern. Toilets and sinks are too small to be effected (opposite sides need to be in meaningfully different latitudes, but a continent sized toilet would flush in different directions on different hemispheres.
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