Life on a Rotating Platform
¥From perspective
of person not on
merry-go-round, path of
ball is straight.
¥From 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