P4_2 Earth’s Toilet Trouble
How large a radius would a toilet bowl need to have in order to cause the Earth to stop rotating? In this paper, a circular motion model of the common flush toilet is explored. By keeping the height of the flush constant and calculating the mass of the water for every possible radius; we have calcul...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Leicester
2021
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| Online Access: | https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/3906 |
| Summary: | How large a radius would a toilet bowl need to have in order to cause the Earth to stop rotating? In this paper, a circular motion model of the common flush toilet is explored. By keeping the height of the flush constant and calculating the mass of the water for every possible radius; we have calculated that the toilet bowl would need to have a radius of 4.65 × 10^8 m. For this scenario to occur, the motion of the flush would need to be in a clockwise direction when located on the North Pole to cause the Earth to cease rotating on its axis. |
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