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Why is it thar more landmass gets spun into the axis in the NH than in the SH? They should be the same distance from the axis, right?
by bibanez 3y ago
Why is it thar more landmass gets spun into the axis in the NH than in the SH? They should be the same distance from the axis, right?
- defrost 3y agoThe land masses are floating plates pushing and shoving against each other over a bubling mass of heat energy pushing up to escape outwards, there are more forces at play than simple centrifuging. The linked animation shows a relatively short sequence of movement, over the last few million years, that is likely the most we'll be able to reconstruct thanks to the arrow of time.