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Equation 150 · Part 1 · The Bend an Elevator Cannot Fake

Symbol Omega

Ω≈7.292×10−5 rad s−1\Omega \approx 7.292\times10^{-5}\,\mathrm{rad\,s^{-1}}
Ω\Omega

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Earth’s own centrifugal contribution is the concrete case worth sizing, precisely because it is not negligible enough to ignore by assumption. With Ω\Omega ≈\approx 7.292×\times10^{-5}\,rad s−1\mathrm{rad\,s^{-1}} fixed by astrometry to far more figures than any clock network could hope to determine on its own [ 10 ] , the centrifugal Hessian has magnitude Ω2\Omega^2 ≈\approx 5.32×\times10^{-9}\,s−2\mathrm{s^{-2}} — smaller than the radial tidal magnitude…

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