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xkcd #2882: Net Rotations (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For decades I've been working off the accumulated rotation from one long afternoon on a merry-go-round when I was eight.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Whatever amount of people it'd take, the effect we'd make, would cancel at break.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I was going to say a similar thing, how are you going to get gone without canceling it out.

But also if you walked away from the equator then walked until you were directly north/ south of your home before walking home, some effect would remain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't believe that to be correct, but I'm to stupid to refute you. So I'll take it as facts. Thank you for enlightening me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's because your return journey is closer to the axis of the earth so your action has less torque.