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Re: [Phys-l] Coriolis effect puzzlement




On 2011, Dec 07, , at 07:11, Bob Sciamanda wrote:

And the effect doesn't work on a perfectly spherical distribution of the
mass, yes?

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I don’t know. But I would speculate that tidal and frictional forces would
produce bulges which would tend to migrate to center facing positions.


I was just musing about an "ideal", not a physical.

bc