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FlyJunior172 t1_iugy3pt wrote

Reply to comment by ShesOver9k in ELI5: if Earth rotates so fast, why does it always look still from outer space? by ShesOver9k

I wish there were a simpler way to explain where the big number comes from, but unfortunately there isn’t.

All the other methods I’ve learned for dealing with spinning things involve far more complicated math - usually matrices and reference frame conversions. This would be more of an ELI20, where v=rω is more like ELI8.

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