The equator is moving a thousand miles an hour sideways. If you're up itatta northern florida, or d c, or new york, you're moving slower from west to east than the equator is. Yet you complete one circle in the same amount of time as folks at the equator do. So therefore, you must be traveling more slowly. They must be travelling faster. And low pressure systems are nucleate storms for this reason. Thanyo: What e do i need to do? Neel to overcome corions force. Forty five to stop instead of 33. And a third. Well, o, i got to 78.
How far back in the universe’s timeline can the JWST see? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the Coriolis Effect, hurricanes, the gridiron timeline of the universe, the physics of spinning objects, and much more!
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