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39.48, -82.98 | The bullet is not attached to the ground...but it is still in the same frame of reference. Motion is relative -- in an elevator, on a train or supersonic jet...all the usual thought experiment locations. This isn't like throwing a rock out a window, where the air outside is moving, relative to the car. The air above isn't attached to the planet, either, but it isn't whizzing by at over 1,000 km/h. It's traveling with us.
Now, as I said above, I can see how long shots would encounter the Coriolis Effect. I know long-range missiles take it into account, especially if the path takes the projectile over a polar region. Shooting straight east or west would minimize the effect. | |
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World record rifle shot
