http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/22/brazil.rocket.explosion.ap/index.html
Read the 2nd-to-last paragraph.
"The Earth's rotation is faster at the equator.."
This is why you don't send a fashion reporter to cover science.
Here's another one. Maybe it's a CNN thing:
http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/23/technology/sobig_subpoena.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
SoBig.F was first posted to a porn Usenet group," said Jimmy Kuo, research fellow at anti-virus software maker Network Associates Inc. Usenet is a popular forum on the Internet where computer users with similar interests post and read messages.
*sigh*
Humans are inherently stupid. It is my personal belief that all people should have to take a common sense and intelligence test. You need a certain score to fly planes, certain score to drive, and a certain score to so much as leave your home. If you score below a certain number you should have to wear a sign that says "I Am Stupid" just so the rest of us understand their mistake.
/me hands CNN Correspondant's their very own signs *
!~!HaZaRD!~!
I think the surface speed is faster at the equator.
The equatorial radius of the earth is 6378 km and its speed or rotation at the equator is 1670 kilometers/hour with a 24-hour day. At Los Angeles with a latitude of +34 degrees the speed is 1670 x cos(34) = 1384 kilometers/hour. (http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/a11230.html)
It would be faster at the equator, it's the same concept as a point on the outside of a record spinning faster than a point near the middle, IMO.
The earth rotates at constant *angular* velocity regardless of location.
However, the *linear* velocity of the ground changes depending on surface location you measure it at.
There are some equations for converting... Yoni probably knows them by heart so pester him for them :P
v = omega * R
v is the linear velocity (meters per second), omega (written in lowercase, looks like a 'w' with round corners) is the angular velocity (radians per second, or Hertz), and R is the radius, i.e. the distance from the center of the Earth (meters, or m).
The Earth's rotation maintains a constant angular velocity (or at least, I think it does...!). The linear velocity depends on the distance from the center of the Earth as the above formula shows - this distance may vary depending on whether you're at the Dead Sea or on Mount Everest.
Physics at high school paid off. I have one more year remaining so I can learn electricity stuff too.
The article said the earth's ROTATION is faster at the equator. Rotation is measured in angular velocity as someone pointed out.