Applets Coriolis

Actually, I've knocked up a similar applet too.

Check out: http://www.btinternet.com/~i.woollard/coriolis/Coriolis.html

(Mine's similar but you can fire a projectile at different speeds and
angles and heights, so it's a bit more fun, although there's no scoring
or object to the simulation.)

>Re: Xenophile (there should be computer games with Coriolis being one
>thing that has to be taken into account...
>
> http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSettlement/teacher/materials/ringworld/
>

-Ian

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the workers to gather wood,
divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the
vast and endless sea." -Antoine de Saint-Exupery