Merryn and Triskele

Jeff Wilson · 06 Apr 2006, 05:48 · from 2006-April.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:48:47 -0500
Subject: (urth) Merryn and Triskele
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Adam Thornton wrote:

> On Apr 6, 2006, at 12:28 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> 
>>no slosh, and the tiny acceleration would be swamped in the effects of
>>the Whorl's spin gravity.
> 
> 
> How problematic would Coriolis effects be in day-to-day life on the  
> Whorl, anyway?  Do we know how big it is?

It should into present a problem with day-to-day living, but given the 
Whorl is of a size that towns are visible overhead, any activity 
involving flying objects will be visibly affected. For instance, a ball 
thrown or hit against the rotation of the Whorl will be seen to go 
farther than one hit traveling with the rotation.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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