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[UPSC IFoS 2010] Rotating Frame (Q153, 15M)
Show that the magnitudes of the centripetal and Coriolis accelerations of the earth while rotating counter-clockwise about the north pole are around 0\cdot 034\text{ m sec}^{-2} and (1\cdot 46 \times 10^{-4} v)\text{ m sec}^{-2}, respectively. In obtaining these results, consider the ratio of sidereal days to solar days in a year as (366\cdot 5/365\cdot 5) and the radius of the earth along the equator as 6400\text{ km}.
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