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Whats the coolest place youve ever traveled to?
BTW... the moment of inertia of the earth is ~8x10^37 kg m^2
Whats the coolest place youve ever traveled to?
BTW... the moment of inertia of the earth is ~8x10^37 kg m^2
Last edited by BAMF TT; 12-16-2009 at 10:53 PM.
BTW:
The Earth is roughly an oblate spheroid, with the bulge occurring at the equator. Let A be the moment of inertia along an equatorial axis, and let C be the moment of inertia about the polar axis.
Then Lambeck (1980) gives
A =
C =
while Stacey (1977) gives
A =
C =
Lambeck, K. The Earth's Variable Rotation. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, p. 27, 1980.
Stacey, F. D. Physics of the Earth, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1977.
But, the Earth is not actually a sphere, so there's different 'fudge factors'.
The Earth is roughly an oblate spheroid, with the bulge occurring at the equator. Let A be the moment of inertia along an equatorial axis, and let C be the moment of inertia about the polar axis.
Then Lambeck (1980) gives
A =
C =
while Stacey (1977) gives
A =
C =
Lambeck, K. The Earth's Variable Rotation. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, p. 27, 1980.
Stacey, F. D. Physics of the Earth, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1977.
But, the Earth is not actually a sphere, so there's different 'fudge factors'.
Last edited by Midniteoyl; 12-16-2009 at 11:52 PM.
Darkness is the abscence of light, therefore the speed of darkness is the speed it arrives, therefore the same as the speed of the departure of light. The speed of darkness = the speed of light
(I hope you meant that literally... and not as a riddle.)
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
(I hope you meant that literally... and not as a riddle.)
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?