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Originally Posted by Pazuzu View Post
... The expansion was rapid (many times faster than the speed of light) for several seconds, ...
I've always gotten a kick out of how time and space moved thru... wait, what did space move into faster than the speed of light? And did this for how long?

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Originally Posted by Bill Verburg View Post
angular velocity is the same at the poles and equator, instantaneous linear velocity(spin velocity, because the instantaneous v is accelerated into a curve following the arc of the earths surface) is not. At sea level at the equator, your instantaneous linear velocity is ~460 m/s on top of a mountain on the equator it is a bit faster. This is why the preferred orbital launch direction is to the east and the preferred location is a mountain top on the equator, Kilimanjaro or somewhere in the Andes , like Quito
Yeah, I get all of that, and know that you understand that too.

It's just that how you had written that point prior was ambiguous if not confusing (backwards?) for the typical reader.
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