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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Is the Coriolis effect, as applied to missiles, wrong?
« on: 21/12/2015 18:52:59 »
According to NASA "To an outside observer, who is occupying another reference frame, there is no deflection and the motion is a straight line."
Would this mean observed from space the path of a missile is straight?
How could this be explained? No effect when shot along the eqauator.
Because of the axis tilt of earth and earth's rotation, from the time of the missile firing and hitting ground the target has moved, thus necessitating corrective calculation attributed to the coriolis effect.
Would there be a coriolis effect if the earth's axis was not tilted? I think not.
Would this mean observed from space the path of a missile is straight?
How could this be explained? No effect when shot along the eqauator.
Because of the axis tilt of earth and earth's rotation, from the time of the missile firing and hitting ground the target has moved, thus necessitating corrective calculation attributed to the coriolis effect.
Would there be a coriolis effect if the earth's axis was not tilted? I think not.
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