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"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
05/30/2016 at 08:34 • Filed to: None

would it feel different standing on the equator vs standing at the north pole?

My reason for thinking this is that at the equator you are rotating around the poles at approximately 1000 mph. (the earths circumference is about 24,000 miles divided by 24 hours in a day) At the north pole you would more or less just be rotating in place so you would not be experiencing the centripetal force you would at the equator.

Also in my thinking time, I thought it would be cool to drive in a circle around the pole. If you got the correct distance from the pole you could stay in the same place relative to the sun (not that you would notice because there would be no sun rise or sun set just either dark or light all day) So if you drive 60 mph that would be 1440 miles so if you got roughly 229 miles from the pole you, the sun would never move.

DISCUSSION (6)

TheRealBicycleBuck > OPPOsaurus WRX
05/30/2016 at 08:42

Yes. Is would be colder at the pole and warmer at the equator. :)

In terms of gravitational forces, no. The difference in centripetal force is offset by the greater mass beneath you providing more gravitational pull. Yes, our planet is flattened at the poles and bigger at the equator.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > OPPOsaurus WRX
05/30/2016 at 08:43

The weather differences would overload the senses so much the small changes of gravity would not be noticed.

Cash Rewards > OPPOsaurus WRX
05/30/2016 at 08:53

Would a scientific instrument notice? Yes. Would a sentient meat sack? No, probably not. Lack of resolution.

The Compromiser > OPPOsaurus WRX
05/30/2016 at 17:51

Yes, it would feel colder.

OPPOsaurus WRX > The Compromiser
05/30/2016 at 18:00

You guys are so fucking funny

samssun > OPPOsaurus WRX
05/31/2016 at 05:00

Pole vs equator gravity works out to a 0.35% difference in weight. As far as driving in circles around the pole, you’d need to spiral further outward and faster to match the tilt in the earth’s axis.