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Re: centrifugal force



At 08:49 5/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
... Some
problems, such as prolate deformation of a rotating sphere, are easier
to explain with centrifugal forces than without them....
Ludwik Kowalski


The natural deformation of a rotating sphere is to the oblate form
surely? But perhaps the topic involves a sphere revolving about another,
where the 'tidal' influence is mediated by a distortion (wrongly) called
prolate.
(Wrong because the distortion is not axially symmetrical)

Whatcott Altus OK