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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Robert, I think you're making it too difficult.

I'm going to add a few assumptions, such as no air, pefectly round igloo, and I am assuming the point you're seeking is referenced to the igloo-earth contact point in line with the direction in which he started.

So... it gets easier if you change your frame of reference. The first step is to calculate how long it takes him to reach the ground moving in a single plane; that's the hard part (but computationally easier than figuring the 3-D trajectory). But once you have that, all you need to do is to figure out how far the Earth has rotated in that time, and that's your contact point.

252 posted on 09/04/2003 12:08:45 PM PDT by Eala (There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. --Burke)
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To: Eala; xsmommy; maxwell
A good point.

Keep it to 2-D physics until the earth rotates.

(Xsex - Do you agree?)
292 posted on 09/04/2003 12:54:32 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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