Why can’t we feel the earth rotating ?
In: Physics
You’re not sensitive enough to feel it. The centripedal acceleration (the acceleration we feel due to earth’s rotation) varies from basically 0 at the poles to about .034 m/s^2 at the equator. Compared to the normal gravity acceleration of 9.81 m/s%2, the acceleration due to rotation is only about 0.3%. We’re just not that sensitive, especially to constant accelerations.
Electronics can feel it; inertial reference units, like on airplanes or submarines, can detect it and figure out their latitude based on that.
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