Why is the coriolis effect noticeable when rolling a ball on a merry-go-round but not the ground.

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[Merry-go-round.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36MiCUS1ro) Spins at like 5 mph. Ball curves.

Earth. Spins at like 1000 mph. Ball goes straight.

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Because the Earth is so much bigger, meaning that the constant change in velocity caused by moving in a circle is next to completely unnoticeable.

You still can observe it with a pendulum that has a particularly heavy weight on the end, but not with something as simple as a ball lying on the surface of the planet.

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