Wednesday, 17 May 2017

newtonian mechanics - Coriolis force in free fall


Does the coriolis force has any measurable effect in free fall from large heights?



Take for example the sky diving experiment by F. Baumgartner who started from a height of about 40 km above New Mexico. Does the coriolis force has any measurable effect in this experiment?


I think there should be a deviation to the east and another one to the south (which should be smaller in size). But I don't have an idea how large the deviation would be.


How can one calculate the size of the deviations?




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