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The mass m is dropped from a height h. Find the magnitude of
Coriolis deflection and its direction (i.e north south east or
west). You can assume location
being in the northern hemisphere at latitude θ and that rotation of
the Earth is slow.
The Coriolis force will cause a deflection from a
vertical path as the object falls. Lets call the direction the local upward vertical.
We need to pick two directions perpendicular to that to form a
coordinate system. We can choose the
direction be be north and then we must
choose east to be in the
direction to have a right handed
coordinate system.
Vz= -gt For a downward velocity, the Coriolis acceleration is to the east,
where will be a negative number.
One can integrate this equation to find the deflection when a
cannonball is dropped from a height .
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Hence you can find the deflection due to coriolis force