darkfenrir
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So it has a tower at the north pole and a tower at equator and it asks what will the motion be of masses dropped from each tower. I think since there is no linear orbital velocity for the object dropped from tower A, ie the earth's rotational motion of 465ms from east to west has no effect on the objects velocity, then (ignoring air resistance) it should fall straight down right? and at tower B the rotational motion of the earth at 465ms adds to the velocity of the object causing it to fall in a parabolic trajectory back down to earth. Am I right here? and I think the question was 4 marks. Would an answer such as this (obviously with some tidying of phrases) get full marks?