Here's a wacky scenario... why can you fire a gun on the equator
in the direction of the setting sun? I mean, the Earth spins at
the equator at around 1,000 miles per hour (24,000 mile circum-
ference divided by 24 hr rotation), so why does the bullet exit
the barrel at the same velocity no matter what direction you
point it in? Hmmm. :-)

I think it's because the atmosphere is rotating at the same speed,
thus no friction to slow it down or keep it inside the barrel.

Yes? No? How does this differ from the first scenario?







Dean A. Scott, mfa
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School of Visual Art and Design
southern adventist university
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http://www.southern.edu/~dascott