lol help for stupid question

hey guys

i'm a big fan of this fascinating group. i'm not sure where to find the
answer to my following question ..so i'm asking for your help please.

Say I manage to hover over the earth (not in space: for arguments's sake say
1 km high and I start hoevering at noon over Nazca). Now say it's 18:00,
will the earth rotation cause me to end up somewhere easterly at all?

and does this have any effect on airplanes travelling times?

lol i know it could be a stupid question but i'd appreciate answer
nevertheless.

i meant westerly lol....maybe.

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terribly sorry ..i forgot to say tht air currents should be taken as
negligible.

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Dear rp:

"rp" <[Only registered users see links. ]> wrote in message
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It depends on your method of "hovering". Describe how you would
do this and we'll see how to answer your question.


No, the jet stream and the method of maintaining altitude serve
to negate any effects.


I think you are seeking for "Coriolis" effect or something
similar...

David A. Smith

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I would be hovering stationary in earth's atmospehere relative to a point in
space directly above me. I'm not sure if it mak sense..but consider being
suspended over a running treadmill: if i hover for a while, then come down,
I'd be at another point on the treadmill from where i started. If a plane
travels against the earth's axial rotation, it could reach it's destinatoin
for the same geographical distance compared to travelling in the same
direction as earth's rotation?

I realy appreciate you putting up with my limited knowledge : )

thx for that.

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I believe, and it can be proven, that if a plane travelled against the earth's
axis rotation it would reach it's destination quicker than if the earth didn't
rotate. Likewise, if travelled in the direction of the earth's rotation, it'd
reach it's destination later!

Dear rp:

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OK, so you reach out and lock your "frame" to a single distant
object (using magic). The Earth has a motion of about 20 km/sec
with respect to the average object in the Milky Way, and 300
km/sec with respect to the average object (visible) in the
Universe. So you will be in deep space in 5 seconds, a minute
(if tangential to the surface), or impacted into the surface
leaving a smoking crater.


Planes don't "hover" in the sense you describe. Helicopters
don't hover either, because the rotating airfoil simply serves to
do what airplanes do, without ever having to depart the surface.

We have a motion of about 1000 mph eastwards, depending on our
latitude. (Sorry for the use of Imperial units.) If a rocket is
launched eastwards, this represents a pretty good amount of
rocket fuel that does not have to be expended. This is why most
launches are done in this direction, rather than the reverse.


No issues...

David A. Smith

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lol that's what i've been thinking about. you really think so too?

"N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc)" <N: dlzc1 D:cox T:[Only registered users see links. ]> wrote in
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thx...lol i make a confession. I'm gonna study physics at uni in Birmingham
UK starting this september. I really have been reading this newsgroupfor
ages and yeah you always seem to come up with the right answers all the
time. i got a learn to learn.