https://actuallyrandom.com/tags/coriolis/ Recent content in Coriolis on Actually Random Hugo en-us Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:20:00 +1200 https://actuallyrandom.com/posts/does-earths-rotation-affect-flight-time/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:20:00 +1200 https://actuallyrandom.com/posts/does-earths-rotation-affect-flight-time/ Flying east is faster, but not because the planet turns underneath you. The rotation does move bullets, change what an aircraft weighs, and it once cost a freight train 42 femtoseconds.