[meteorite-list] OT: golf shot

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Aug 27 10:31:39 2006
Message-ID: <00e801c6c9e5$773fc700$2721500a_at_bellatrix>

Only if he was trying to make the putt from the first tee to the flag on
the 18th! <g>

Seriously, the ball does experience a coriolis force, but it is
vanishingly small compared to the forces it experiences from thousands
of individual grass blades. The effect on the ball in the air on a long
shot is probably measurable, but certainly smaller than the degree of
control even the best golfer can achieve.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: <joseph_town_at_att.net>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: golf shot


> Hi all,
>
> I was watching golf on TV today. A commercial came on that portrayed
> Tiger Woods missing a putt. He complained, in the commercial, that he
> forgot to consider the rotation of the planet when he made that shot.
> I wonder if anything so miniscule as a golf shot could be affected by
> planetary motion.
>
> Bill
Received on Sun 27 Aug 2006 10:31:19 AM PDT