How fast would I have to throw it to hit myself 5 min before I threw it?

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8/13/2010 5:27:49 PM

almost certainly

8/13/2010 5:29:25 PM

3.75E8 m/s

8/13/2010 5:32:55 PM

What verticle angle?

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8/13/2010 5:34:51 PM

Right up your ass!

8/13/2010 5:36:07 PM

clearly if you threw a stone fast enough to break the speed of light, the earth's gravity would not be sufficient to keep the stone going around it.

8/13/2010 5:36:49 PM

WHAT THE HELL IS A MIN? A MINUTE? THAT MAKES NO SENSE IN THIS CONTEXT.

8/13/2010 5:37:31 PM

it would take off

8/13/2010 5:38:35 PM

it would break the treadmill

8/13/2010 5:39:32 PM

as measured from the rock or you?

8/13/2010 5:40:32 PM

From the rock obviously

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8/13/2010 5:52:37 PM

Colonel Mustard in the Library with the lead pipe

8/13/2010 6:06:37 PM

8/13/2010 6:08:34 PM

Actually, this interests me. What if you threw a very small projectile straight up very fast. Would it land slightly too your west as the earth moves underneath it?

8/13/2010 6:32:05 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect

8/13/2010 6:35:30 PM

^wat

Okay fine, the real question is basically how fast would i have to fly to get to California at the same time i left in NC? and why can't i keep going that fast all the way around the earth i'm pretty sure thats not faster than the speed of light though i don't feel like doing conversions

its what like ~3000 miles?

so say
(1000 miles) / (1 hours) = 447.04 m / s

if i were go to that fast for 24 hours east what time would it be for me when i got all the way around?

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8/13/2010 7:21:54 PM

(400 751.16 kilometers) / (24 hours) = 4 638.32361 m / s

circumference of the earth

4.6k isn't even close to c

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8/13/2010 7:25:21 PM

Quote :

"Actually, this interests me. What if you threw a very small projectile straight up very fast. Would it land slightly too your west as the earth moves underneath it?"

I had an old teacher who was in charge of an artillery group in Vietnam. I remember him talking about including earth's rotation when computing artillery strikes.

8/13/2010 7:29:21 PM

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"clearly if you threw a stone fast enough to break the speed of light, the earth's gravity would not be sufficient to keep the stone going around it."

8/13/2010 7:30:23 PM

There's some serious stupid in this thread.
High-school physics, anyone?

8/13/2010 7:39:05 PM

The plane will take off.

8/13/2010 7:40:15 PM

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"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect"

[Edited on August 13, 2010 at 8:13 PM. Reason : /thread]

8/13/2010 8:13:01 PM

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"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism"

8/13/2010 8:14:39 PM

you are just a blip on the radar of existence

time doesn't really exist

8/13/2010 8:40:41 PM

7 Days.

8/13/2010 8:46:52 PM

141.622272 kph

8/13/2010 10:08:30 PM

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[Edited on August 13, 2010 at 10:17 PM. Reason : /thread]

8/13/2010 10:16:51 PM

Quote :

"Actually, this interests me. What if you threw a very small projectile straight up very fast. Would it land slightly too your west as the earth moves underneath it?"

8/13/2010 10:22:39 PM

lol

this has the making of the treadmill thread.

well not really, but it's fun to dream.

8/13/2010 10:48:26 PM

^^So the answer is yes. Cool.



[Edited on August 13, 2010 at 11:28 PM. Reason : .]

8/13/2010 11:00:07 PM

88mph

8/14/2010 12:29:57 AM

the real problem is your lack of sufficient arm strength.

8/14/2010 12:35:04 AM

Don't forget to wind your watch!

8/14/2010 12:46:58 AM

8/14/2010 1:01:00 AM

1.21 gigawatts

8/14/2010 1:39:17 AM

Watch your latitude or you'll get F(ed) in the Coriolis.

8/14/2010 1:39:34 AM