FUN FACTS!
- Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis, was a French engineer-mathematician.
- In 1835 Coriolis mathematically described this concept.
- The Coriolis Effect is based on the Laws of Motion discovered by Sir Isaac Newton.
- Coriolis used mathematical formulas to show that the path of any object set in motion will curve in relation to objects on that surface.
- When it comes to projectile trajectories, terrestrial wind system, and ocean currents, the Coriolis effect is a good concept to account for.
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