If Earth Is Spinning to The East, Why Isn't It Faster to Fly West?
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BEC CREW
21 APR 2018
Okay, time to stop everything and nut out a brain teaser: if Earth is spinning to the east at 1,180 km/h (733 mph), and we're in a plane flying west, shouldn't we get to our destination quicker, seeing as it's literally spinning towards us?
The short answer is no, because our plane is also affected by Earth's spin, which means we're spinning away from our destination while our destination is spinning towards us.
Confused yet? Don't worry, MinutePhysics has the slightly-less-short answer (it's still MinutePhysics, after all) to this dizzying conundrum.
https://www.sciencealert.com/Earth-spins-to-the-east-why-isn-t-it-faster-to-fly-west
