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Old September 30th, 2005, 11:57 AM
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Default Re: OT: Ceres more interesting than previously thought

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Strolling along the beach at midnight would be spectacular.
And instead of jet lag, people would get "strolling lag" as you could probably walk faster than the rotation, and could essentially walk into multiple timzones on just one stroll

And riding a speed bike in the opposite direction of the spin would be out of the question - as the faster you travel counter to the direction of spin, the more of the centripetal effect you will negate.

Some interesting side effects: When you jump, you won't always land in the same place you started.

And throwing a football would require additional knowledge of flight trajectory in relation to the spin of the coin, and throw it hard enough, then what goes up most certainly won't come back down.
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