r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Whyyyy peter?

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u/Abacada_Poln_Kha_Kha 4d ago

Nope, equator is best because earths rotation is faster there.

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u/ExpertEar699 4d ago

Oh that too I didn't knew that Will learn that later this year it's a chapter called gravitation we will havebto calculate everything in that

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u/thepkizzle 4d ago

The difference between Everest and Florida rotationally is .6%, and their relative height difference is .1%.

If we launched from Brazil it would be .07% relatively the same height as Everest but 13% faster than either Florida, or Everest.

You are wrong. It is height, not rotation that we launch near the equator. Rotation just helps.