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• Any object/matter possesses an eastward momentum due to Earth’s rotation
• Rotation (angle speed) is lowest (0) at poles and highest (1600 km/h) at equator
• Objects/matter keep original angle speed when moving latitudinal 




• Northern hemisphere: all currents deflected to the right
• Southern hemisphere: all currents deflected to the left
• Also important to balloon drivers (wind deflection) and for ballistics of long-range missiles