PowerPoint Presentation - NATS 101 lecture

Life on a Rotating Platform

ĄFrom perspective of person not on merry-go-round, path of ball is straight.
ĄFrom perspective of person on merry-go-round, path of ball deflects to left. There is an apparent force.

(left click picture for animation) World Weather Project 2010 Courtesy of M. Ramamurthy U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Merry Go Round Link


	Play carousel for 3-4 loops. As the animation loops, point out that
	The ball goes straight relative to ground (straight line shadows)
	But it appears to curve from perspective of someone on the carousel