Questions tagged [earth-rotation]
The earth-rotation tag has no summary.
70 questions
4
votes
1
answer
115
views
Can there be wind and/or liquid currents driven by a planet's rotation?
Can the rotation of a planet alone provoke any kind of wind or liquid current?
Can the atmosphere, at least in some cases, have wind currents driven by the planet's rotation?
And can liquids also move ...
- 241
3
votes
1
answer
398
views
What is the actual restoring force in tides?
Suppose there is no rotation going on and earth and moon are translating towards each other. Now the explanation of "tides" which many people give is that the moon pulls harder on the near ...
1
vote
0
answers
73
views
Earth rotation and climate change
As NASA mentioned that everyday 44000kg meteoritic fragments are falling on earth. Is it responsible for slow down of earth rotation and climate change
3
votes
0
answers
88
views
Why does the Earth's pole precess clockwise in this data set, rather than counter-clockwise?
This is something of a technical question, and it may not be on topic. But I've managed to thoroughly confuse myself about it and I figured if any Stack could help me it would be this one.
It is ...
- 551
6
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Does air in the atmosphere get friction due to the planet's rotation?
Does air in the atmosphere suffer friction in some way due solely to the planet's rotation?
- 241
2
votes
1
answer
445
views
Has extracting oil and mining changed the earth rotational speed?
NASA has calculated that the Three Gorges Dam in China dam slows the Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds (reference https://www.kinetica.co.uk/2014/03/27/chinese-dam-slows-down-earths-rotation/).
...
- 121
3
votes
2
answers
367
views
Earth rotation speed on the same longitude
Do all points on the earth surface have with the same longitude the same day and night times, i.e. does the earth rotate around it's own axis with the same speed for all points on the same longitude?
- 131
18
votes
2
answers
5k
views
Does Earth's core actually turn "backwards" at times?
Recent news articles related to this paper report the claim that Earth's solid inner core sometimes rotates backwards. The literal claim (as it appears in headlines) seems to make no sense given a ...
- 621
3
votes
1
answer
440
views
How is centrifugal force identified in equations of fluid motion in the rotating reference system of earth?
I spent already days on the following: In one of my meteorology scripts the equations for conservation of momentum in the rotation reference system of earth are given by:
The apparent forces are in ...
- 985
2
votes
1
answer
128
views
If I stood on the equator and threw a stone in direction of rotation, how much farther would the stone go than if I threw it the other direction?
Assuming a spinning Earth of 6378.1 km (3963 mi) radius, how much farther would the additional momentum carry a stone if I threw it in the direction of the Earth's rotation (i.e. eastwards) when ...
- 21
3
votes
1
answer
225
views
Are there any types of winds or waves that are produced just by Earth's rotation?
Are there any types of wind or waves caused and produced only and exclusively by Earth's rotation? Not influenced by Earth rotation, but produced solely by it?
In the case of waves, are Rossby waves 1 ...
- 241
2
votes
1
answer
156
views
All longitudes experience the midday Sun. Why do all longituted experience the Midday sun?
Why do all longitudes experience the Midday sun?
Any other information related will do.
What is the Midday Sun?
Any other earth or planet-related information is required.
Thank you to those who have ...
- 21
1
vote
0
answers
48
views
Would obliquity and precessional changes of Earth affect the accuracy of GPS-based measurement of tectonic movements?
The rate and direction of tectonic movements can be measured by comparing the coordinates of the same GPS receiver over time. The coordinates are obtained using trilateration.
All materials I could ...
- 151
20
votes
2
answers
6k
views
In the northern hemisphere summer, why are places in the north cooler than those in the south?
As the Earth's axis is inclined, during summer in the northern hemisphere places in the north are exposed to the Sun's rays for longer, so days are longer during summer (say in June - Aug). Yet, ...
- 301
3
votes
1
answer
293
views
We know that the earth is rotating from west to east.Has the earth ever rotated from east to west in past,or any possibilty it may in future? [closed]
We know that the earth is rotating from west to east (anti-clockwise) Has the earth ever rotated from east to west in past,in early times after earth has formed? And/or is there any scientific ...
- 31