Re: [Phys-L] field of an ellipsoidal distribution

["Bob Sciamanda" <treborsci@verizon.net>]

That's cuz the centrifugal force has no (bothersome) "horizontal" component 
at the equator.

-----Original Message----- 
From: A. John Mallinckrodt
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 12:03 PM
To: <Phys-L@Phys-L.org>
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] field of an ellipsoidal distribution

> Now let's consider a different case, namely a rigid, strictly
> spherical, spinning earth.  You can't ask what happens to a
> table floating in a lake, because there can't be any lakes.

Nitpick (without significant consequence, but interesting to consider): 
Technically, you actually can have a "lake" encircling the globe about the 
equator.

John Mallinckrodt

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