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Particle Moving on a Rotating Disk


	This Demonstration shows the trajectory of a particle moving on a disk rotating with constant angular velocity, until the particle gets to the edge of the disk. The particle undergoes Coriolis acceleration.


	Contributed by: Enrique Zeleny

Uniform Circular Motion (Wolfram MathWorld)

Angular Velocity (ScienceWorld)

Coriolis Acceleration (ScienceWorld)

"Particle Moving on a Rotating Disk" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ParticleMovingOnARotatingDisk/

Contributed by: Enrique Zeleny

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