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    the crater midpoint that is closest to Coriolis. Satellite craters photographed by Apollo 11: Coriolis C Coriolis G Coriolis H Coriolis S Coriolis W East...
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  • rotating frame of reference Coriolis (crater), a lunar crater Coriolis (project), a French operational oceanographic project Coriolis (satellite), an American...
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  • the crater and the person the crater is named for. Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description...
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    does occur. It is known today as the Coriolis effect after the nineteenth-century physicist Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis (1792–1843). However, the rightward...
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    the south-southwest is Coriolis, and west of Valier is Dufay. The most notable feature of this crater is the satellite crater Valier J that occupies the...
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    interaction between the gravitational pull of the two planetary bodies and the Coriolis and centrifugal force on a spacecraft. Halo orbits exist in any three-body...
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  • ice-mound-bearing craters with high aspect ratios (diameter to depth). This asymmetry has been interpreted to be caused by the Coriolis effect, which deflects...
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    dense matter. Its position along the equator is probably a result of the Coriolis force acting on a liquid interior of Iapetus. This series of images of...
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    "Ecuador At The Equator – Water Demonstration – Coriolis Effect". YouTube. Retrieved 21 December 2016. "Bad Coriolis". Retrieved 21 December 2016. "Flush Bosh"...
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    this would be somewhat more difficult to achieve, particularly due to the Coriolis force. Long-radius centrifuge experiments by the Naval Medical Research...
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  • the angular momentum that is conserved, causing an effect known as the Coriolis effect. When using the correct angular momentum conservation in calculations...
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    the sense of milling (grinding) grain. Environment portal Water portal Coriolis effect Eddy (fluid dynamics) Rip current "Whirlpool - Facts and Information"...
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  • collection of some of the things named after him. Campbell–Stokes recorder Coriolis–Stokes force Stokes equation Stokes formula Stokes' law of sound attenuation...
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    smaller timescale Forces that are small and generally negligible are: The Coriolis force The centrifugal force, which is treated as a slight modification...
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  • streamline will develop pressure differences perpendicular to the airflow. The Coriolis effect does not cause water to consistently drain from basins in a...
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    904 km/h; 5,381 ft/s; 3,669 mph).: 33  The distance was so far that the Coriolis effect—the rotation of the Earth—was substantial enough to affect trajectory...
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    ice and create large wavelength bedforms. The spiral shape comes from Coriolis effect forcing of the winds, much like winds on earth spiral to form a...
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    result of roughly perpendicular katabatic winds that spiral due to the Coriolis Effect. The seasonal frosting of some areas near the southern ice cap results...
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  • wandering planets. In Oklahoma, US, he discusses the universal reach of the Coriolis effect and the importance of the conservation of angular momentum. Next...
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    where the house of his birth still stands is named via Lagrange. The lunar crater Lagrange and the asteroid 1006 Lagrangea also bear his name. List of things...
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    Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean. Because of this, it is influenced by the Coriolis force, which concentrates outflow to the East Greenland Current on the...
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    photographed features on the near and far sides of the Moon, including the craters Coriolis, King, and Papaleksi. Shortly after the circularization burn, the crew...
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    several educational institutions, an asteroid, and both a lunar and a Martian crater. The Kepler space telescope observed 530,506 stars and detected 2,778 confirmed...
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    André-Marie Ampère, Siméon Denis Poisson, François Arago, and Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis. Thus, the school had become renowned for its instruction in mathematics...
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  • 1740 to observe a transit of Mercury JPL · 16563 16564 Coriolis 1992 BK2 Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792–1843), French mathematician, mechanical engineer...
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    represents the heat content Coriolis frequency – Frequency of inertial oscillation at the Earth's surface resulting from the Coriolis effect Cum sole – A Latin...
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  • particularly those related to large-scale wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis effect and play a fundamental role in the global thermohaline circulation...
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  • near the inner edge and is able to orbit slower near the outer edge. The Coriolis forces resulting from these relative motions support the elevated pressure...
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    wind, Magnus effect of the spinning projectile, earth's curvature, and coriolis effect. The result was the turret's bearing and elevation orders (LOF)...
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  • British art collector – Copley Medal Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician – Coriolis effect Pierre Corneille, French playwright – Cornelian...
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