Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Earth's Rotation

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  • We know the Earth rotates…but why can’t we feel it? On this StarTalk explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice investigate centrifugal force and the Earth’s rotation.
    What is centrifugal force? Well, if you’ve been on a carnival ride, you probably know. However, Neil tells us why there is really no such thing as centrifugal force. Find out why you weigh less when you’re closer to the equator.
    You’ll learn what speed Earth has to be rotating so that the centrifugal force balances out the gravitational force causing you to hover just above the surface in what Chuck calls “super-low Earth orbit.” All that, plus, Chuck uses this to invent a new diet.
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  • @LaBelleTML
    @LaBelleTML Před 3 lety +2960

    The rotation of Earth really makes my day.

  • @jonfraserdop
    @jonfraserdop Před 3 lety +624

    I could listen to Neil for hours

  • @Faluthe
    @Faluthe Před 2 lety +151

    I like how Neil explains complex concepts is such a humorous manner. Great lessons

    • @bobg1069
      @bobg1069 Před 2 lety +4

      yes, but the other guy is just irritating

    • @thepirateking.4521
      @thepirateking.4521 Před 2 lety +5

      @@bobg1069 nah, he's funny af

    • @mikebrunet54
      @mikebrunet54 Před rokem

      God created the electromagnetic environment of earth unique to earth third planet from the sun. Perfectly placed by God in this vast finite Universe . God uses small things to confound the prideful who deny Him. Neal is correct that centrifugal force is not what keeps us bound to earth.
      We are the only livable planet in the whole of this finite universe. Neal also denies the worldwide flood that has plenty of evidence worldwide. Petrified trees standing upright in earths geological columns of layered sentiment that also proves the worldwide flood along with the Pangea split and the tectonic plates that began when God brought judgement upon the wicked in the days of Noah. God shows exactly how he set in motion the worldwide flood. First the water under the crest of the earth burst forth sending chunks of earth into the sky in certain regions. God did deliver Noah’s Ark to the Ararat Mountain range. God set Earth to rotate around the sun in a 24 hr timescape. Like I said Neal plays the jovial psuedo scientist. God Numerology is also code throughout His Word verifying all that he Has made and spoken into existence. Repentant sinner God knows before they are even Born. I will die knowing the Creator Savior and Judge who is Holy Righteous and Just . God judges sin. Their is not other That reigns from eternity and Sent Jesus to die and rise from the dead showing the saints the risen bodies they will inherit by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
      Those who hate the Rock of Salvation
      Deny the Lord of Lords.
      The chief cornerstone of the called out ones.

    • @mikebrunet54
      @mikebrunet54 Před rokem

      @@bobg1069 Neal misinformation is annoying.
      Watch Privilaged planet. There is no other planet in the Universe in which God calls His footstool

    • @elminero49
      @elminero49 Před rokem

      The jokes are annoying and a waist of time.

  • @onlythebestentertainment
    @onlythebestentertainment Před rokem +16

    I still love how excited Dr Tyson gets when he talks on any subject. He draws me in and im mesmerized every time. jim NYC

  • @TC-xe2gx
    @TC-xe2gx Před 3 lety +283

    “If you’re chubby on the equator, you’re chubby everywhere” 😂😂

    • @ejmtv3
      @ejmtv3 Před 2 lety +3

      - Neil deGrasse Tyson

    • @junpinedajr.8699
      @junpinedajr.8699 Před 2 lety +1

      That's very mean,not cool dude!!!!😔😪🤤😴🤒🤕😌🤥🙄😑😐🤨

    • @ericolens3
      @ericolens3 Před 2 lety +1

      @@junpinedajr.8699
      But you know what is cool?
      Im legit asking cuz of global warming.

    • @TheSilverShadow17
      @TheSilverShadow17 Před měsícem

      ​@@ericolens3Alaska and the Arctic Circle

  • @TheSaferHouse
    @TheSaferHouse Před 3 lety +459

    I stayed up all night wondering where the sun went... and then it dawned on me.

    • @davebasch5995
      @davebasch5995 Před 3 lety +31

      I wondered why the Frisbee seemed bigger as it got closer....then it hit me

    • @ARandomInternetUser08
      @ARandomInternetUser08 Před 3 lety +5

      was that pun on purpose? It "dawn"ed on me? 😂

    • @winstonsmith11
      @winstonsmith11 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ARandomInternetUser08 Of course it was :/

    • @ARandomInternetUser08
      @ARandomInternetUser08 Před 2 lety

      @@winstonsmith11 it might not've been. That's kind of why I was asking. :/

    • @rafaeldiaz8235
      @rafaeldiaz8235 Před 2 lety

      POR FAVOR QUE SE EXPRESE EN ESPAÑOL LE QUEDA MAS ELEGANTE ESOS PENDEJOS QUE DOBLAN NO SIRVEN

  • @kosmos5995
    @kosmos5995 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Actually, Neil is correct but the math is slightly incorrect. The effect of centrifugal force on your weight is minimal. At the equator, you would weigh slightly less (perhaps a fraction of a percent less) than you would at the poles due to this centrifugal force effect. The difference in weight due to the centrifugal force at the equator compared to the poles is relatively small and would not have a significant impact on your measured weight. If you weigh 190 pounds (approximately 86.18 kilograms) at the North or South Pole, your weight at the equator would be slightly less due to the effect of centrifugal force. At the equator, you would weigh about 0.5% less than you would at the poles. So, if you weigh 190 pounds at the poles, at the equator, you would weigh approximately 189 pounds (or roughly 85.73 kilograms).
    Again, it's important to emphasize that this difference is very small and would not be noticeable in your everyday life or on a typical bathroom scale. Your weight can also fluctuate throughout the day due to factors like hydration and meals, and this variation would likely be more significant than the effect of the Earth's rotation.

    • @milendimitrov8535
      @milendimitrov8535 Před měsícem +1

      yep, to be exact centrifugal force on the equator is 0.0345N , ~0.35% of 9.8 , in NYC is 0.02N , ~ 0.2% of g.

  • @IansUToob57
    @IansUToob57 Před rokem +9

    One of the best explainers i've seen so far! Learned a ton! And Chuck was having some of his best funnies; kept the whole thing so light! :D

  • @ryanseward2760
    @ryanseward2760 Před 3 lety +81

    Chuck: I'm having a corona baby!
    Me looking at my gut: Me too mine is a lager.

    • @n.s.3410
      @n.s.3410 Před 3 lety +2

      I’m obviously having twins then

    • @yeetpeet9660
      @yeetpeet9660 Před 3 lety +2

      I think corona is a beer

    • @nobodyknows3180
      @nobodyknows3180 Před 3 lety

      I opted years ago to skip the six-pack abs and go for the keg

    • @ryanseward2760
      @ryanseward2760 Před 3 lety

      @@nobodyknows3180 buying in bulk saves money.

    • @nobodyknows3180
      @nobodyknows3180 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ryanseward2760 Yes, but consuming in bulk generates waist. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @jakethetool698
    @jakethetool698 Před 3 lety +47

    I’m under the impression that listening to Dr Tyson speak, can be so enlightening, a person can suddenly find themselves elevated to the point of drifting away with new thoughts to consider.

    • @frocat5163
      @frocat5163 Před 3 lety +1

      Well...unless that person is a flat Earther. They hear Dr. Tyson speak and proclaim him a liar, because it's impossible to have a fictitious force.

    • @bathin813
      @bathin813 Před 3 lety

      @@frocat5163 that would be me

    • @bobfisterburger1085
      @bobfisterburger1085 Před 3 lety

      You may have just articulated his self described job description.

  • @LlionelZisengwe
    @LlionelZisengwe Před 2 lety +80

    They actually used this concept to launch the James Webb telescope from Kourou French Guiana. It gave the launch an extra boost for less booster power to set it off on its course. Science is amazing 😱

    • @tomgucwa7319
      @tomgucwa7319 Před rokem

      Um as I recall .that exit trajectory was rare...j.w.t. passed the moon's orbit in like 5 hours... Apollo took 5 days... bigger rocket allowed a direct path out of here...zoom zoom...

    • @lydhrabinojg9341
      @lydhrabinojg9341 Před rokem +3

      I doubt it's what you are saying! The real reason is that Equator is closer to space than northern latitudes. Let say the highest mountain on earth from earths center, is not Everest, but a mountain in Equator, which is 1 mile less than Everest, measured from se level. Centrifugal forces have nothing to do with it because once the lift off happens, centrifugal no longer applies.

    • @NielsGx
      @NielsGx Před rokem

      every rocket use this principle by launching near equator and going in the right direction

    • @incrediction1080
      @incrediction1080 Před rokem

      Wait they launched the james Webb telescope already???

    • @jameshoffa7085
      @jameshoffa7085 Před rokem +2

      @@lydhrabinojg9341 lol go to school

  • @NickAllPlay
    @NickAllPlay Před rokem +32

    This is brillant. The only thing is, would love less interruptions when Neil is in the middle of an explanation.

    • @stanroeder2065
      @stanroeder2065 Před měsícem

      totally agree. Too many fake laughs and break-ins that are not needed.

    • @glamorking74
      @glamorking74 Před měsícem

      Thank you!!

  • @yesuramesh6259
    @yesuramesh6259 Před 2 lety +32

    I dunno why people call him condescending and why they complain that he talks over others. The man is just so passionate about science. It's honestly just so contagious

    • @shiva1408
      @shiva1408 Před 2 lety

      It is contagious

    • @donaldjohnson2038
      @donaldjohnson2038 Před 2 lety

      He is passionate about talking about virtually nothing.

    • @kenadams5504
      @kenadams5504 Před 2 lety

      He once said.."when your in love ,you want to tell the world"...astrophysics is his love.

    • @mykeyboy9810
      @mykeyboy9810 Před 7 měsíci

      He is a Realist, very rare these days.

  • @jasonbone5121
    @jasonbone5121 Před 2 lety +58

    I can't believe I have to correct Neil like this but here goes. Santa does indeed start his sleigh ride skinny as you stated. But remember, as he adds on the pounds from all the cookies, he's off loading pounds of toys. By the end of his trip, the sleigh has no toys, so the reindeer see no difference in their work load due to Santa adding on all the pounds from cookies and milk.

  • @warrenosborne6044
    @warrenosborne6044 Před 2 lety +3

    Thanx Neil. The ride that I remember was the Tilt-A Whorl. A large circular wheel about 40 feet diameter that would rotate to speed, then raise up to about a 45 degree angle. While at "full tilt" one lady as we say , lost her cookies. I remember seeing the "cookies" take an independent trajectory as several of us received a dose of "cookies". I have often pondered the math that would explain the "cookie course". thank you.

  • @jimr9499
    @jimr9499 Před rokem +46

    Obviously, I love Neil. But I really love Chuck a lot too. He's always funny (him saying his mother is Ricky Ricardo legitimately made me laugh out loud) but the intelligence he displays in every episode that he's on really just impresses me. Also, idk if I'm just worse than average but his memory always astonishes me too. So often Neal will be explaining something and Chuck accurately shouts out some scientific something or another that he learned on some episode from years ago. I forget what I lean each episode damn near as soon as it ends lol. I just like him a lot.

    • @DesertSky928
      @DesertSky928 Před rokem

      Kneel DeFraud is lying to the world, and he knows it!
      There is ZERO CHANCE that 185 Kilos of Gold poured into bars at Quito, Ecuador, at 0° Latitude weighs 190 Kilos at the London Bullion Market Association at 51.5° North Latitude----ZERO CHANCE!...He's lying!
      With Gold Spot at $1,830 USD / Troy Oz on Dec 21, 2022, and 1 Kilo = 32.15 Troy Ozs, 5 Kilos is worth about $295,000 USD-----If Kneel DeFraud was telling the truth, Earth would have Time Zones based on Longitudinal Distance from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, England (which we do) as well as Money Zones based on the weight of Gold, Silver, Platinum, etc., for every degree, minute & second North & South of the Equator----which we do not have. Kneel DeFraud is lying yet AGAIN!

    • @ftlbs928
      @ftlbs928 Před rokem

      185 tonnes of gold in Ecuador does NOT weigh
      190 tonnes in New York City.
      Kneel is a DeFraud.
      Why do people still listen to this fraudster?

    • @scaramouche8244
      @scaramouche8244 Před rokem +1

      ask Neil about covid vax. He's funny in a f'd up sorta way

    • @WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk
      @WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Před 7 měsíci

      If you love him why don't you merry him

  • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
    @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Před 3 lety +80

    Listening to what Dr. Tyson has to say just blew my mind. Even the most simple topics are interesting.

    • @arturoaka963
      @arturoaka963 Před 3 lety +2

      "Blowed" is not correct. The right one to say is "blew"

    • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
      @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Před 3 lety +2

      @@arturoaka963 🤦‍♂️ my apologies

    • @lgkfamily
      @lgkfamily Před 3 lety

      @@arturoaka963 "Blowed" is correct if you were raised in Indiana. Folks there just do not know how to correctly conjugate their verbs. They say "buyed" instead of "bought." I felt quite proud that after raising my three children in Indiana my wife had insisted all along that they speak English correctly.

    • @waynejackson169
      @waynejackson169 Před 2 lety

      @@lgkfamily ...and somewhere else they say "brung" instead of "brought."

    • @toddlenard7602
      @toddlenard7602 Před 2 lety

      @@lgkfamily and what is the deal and what is the deal with them saying youans and weeins. Example what are youans doing?

  • @samanthaheart454
    @samanthaheart454 Před 3 lety +133

    I wish Neil was my teacher at school my life would be so different now, he has brought back my need to learn

    • @junpinedajr.8699
      @junpinedajr.8699 Před 2 lety

      Tell me that,if he was your prof, say differential,integral calculus,or differential equations,advance math?,and he is a terror prof,meaning those instructors who takes delight in failing students.😀😃😄😁😅😅🤣

    • @reasonerenlightened2456
      @reasonerenlightened2456 Před 2 lety

      How to make a planet spin faster?

    • @vondbee7091
      @vondbee7091 Před 2 lety

      That would've been a really expensive private school 😆

    • @harrymitchell5402
      @harrymitchell5402 Před 2 lety

      You have to ponder if you do n't say. ? a just say a algebra or trig always ? teacher. WHY. That's how I failed alg 2. No explanation lol

    • @markmakabuhay2009
      @markmakabuhay2009 Před 2 lety

      @@reasonerenlightened2456 take out the moon earth will spin faster, because the only reason earth spins slowly is because of the moon or tidal forces. Earths days will only last 4 to 10 hrs a day.

  • @hanamantmunnolli6381
    @hanamantmunnolli6381 Před 5 měsíci

    Wow. Explanation in a humorous way to a technical topic. So nice. Thanks to both.

  • @michaelbraum77
    @michaelbraum77 Před 2 měsíci +1

    It's called the "Vomit Comet" coz too many people throw up on other people. Never had the pleasure of that. I will NEVER ride it again!
    I'm booking a trip to Equador immediately! I'm trying to get my weight below 200 again. Preferably my most of my adult years 175 to 180. By Neil's math I should only weigh around 194. But i"ll still have my gut and love handles! 😪😪😪😪😪😪😪
    I absolutely LOVE seeing Neil and Chuck Nice interact! Brightens my day every time I watch a Star Talk video. Chuck brings that comedy that I enjoyed in the late 1990s! Great days!

  • @TheSec09
    @TheSec09 Před 3 lety +20

    Such inspiring the words at the end of the video: "Keep looking up!" as in, look at the sky but also evolve, improve yourself, become a better person.

  • @nothgiel84
    @nothgiel84 Před 2 lety +110

    If Neil was my science teacher in school..I would have been a great scientist m...He explains things so simple..

    • @ThePriestofYahuahYahushah
      @ThePriestofYahuahYahushah Před 2 lety

      I counted the moons and logged them for two years. We were lied to. There are 355 days in a year. Here is a video showing you how you can go verify it yourself. Just skip to the moon information czcams.com/video/185siLcVToI/video.html

    • @r3d5ive87
      @r3d5ive87 Před rokem +1

      I feel like his tests would be ball breakers

    • @onlythebestentertainment
      @onlythebestentertainment Před rokem

      simple for you maybe but not for all 😕🖖🧠🧟‍♀🐽🪣☣📴⚧🏁

  • @blackout_1349
    @blackout_1349 Před 2 lety +26

    Thank you, Neil. I'm honored that you take the time to give us all this information. It's truly inspiring.

  • @arielcabalin2746
    @arielcabalin2746 Před rokem +6

    Lovely !
    Learning or remembering something and laughing at the same time !
    Thank you !

    • @DesertSky928
      @DesertSky928 Před rokem

      NO! Kneel DeFraud is lying!
      185 Kilos of Gold poured into bars at Quito, Ecuador, DOES NOT WEIGH
      190 Kilos at the London Bullion Market Association!!!!----HE KNOWS he's lying----

    • @ftlbs928
      @ftlbs928 Před rokem

      I laugh too.....AT Kneel DeFraud....here's why:
      185 tonnes of gold in Ecuador does NOT weigh
      190 tonnes of gold n New York City.
      Kneel is DeFrauding the world as he tries his best to defend the 66.6°-tilted devil-ball earth model----because it's not tilted, not a ball.

  • @billomeagain
    @billomeagain Před 2 lety +20

    Depending on age, the "Rotor" was the name of the ride. The Gravitron and Roundup came much later, but were just changes from the original ride.

    • @JL-qe5gl
      @JL-qe5gl Před 2 měsíci

      There was also the Tilt-a-Whirl, that spun and then tilted.

    • @XTRABIG
      @XTRABIG Před 2 měsíci

      Hated that ride. ​@@JL-qe5gl

  • @watcher3774
    @watcher3774 Před 3 lety +219

    The ride was called "Gravitron" when i was a kid.😀

    • @korbandallas8931
      @korbandallas8931 Před 3 lety +5

      called Rotor where i grew up lol

    • @Turandot29
      @Turandot29 Před 3 lety +3

      I remember that ride! I loved it as a kid.

    • @glenallan6279
      @glenallan6279 Před 3 lety +5

      Graviton had the separate channels that lifted while you were at an angle, Gravitron had the whole floor drop and was not angled.

    • @brianmitchell5043
      @brianmitchell5043 Před 3 lety +4

      Devil's Hole where I'm from. The floor dropped...

    • @Raz.C
      @Raz.C Před 3 lety +2

      It was informally named The Pukatronic Punisher where I'm from.
      Ps: Not really.

  • @gandolph999
    @gandolph999 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for these videos.
    You guys have a good vibe.
    I just thought of a question about Jupiter that I have never asked in decades.
    Why is Jupiter's "Great Spot" red?
    I suspect that it is atmospheric gasses being churned up from below and exposed but what really is going on there?

  • @cinthiavazquez3280
    @cinthiavazquez3280 Před rokem +1

    Watching this video while in Ecuador, I actually lifted my hands and said “weeeee” !

  • @ProfRonconi
    @ProfRonconi Před 3 lety +16

    These videos are so instructive and so entertaining, I just cannot praise them enough. So many thanks to Chuck and Neil. Only one complaint: you don't do a video every day, or better, every hour.

  • @VvSlaveofMetalvV
    @VvSlaveofMetalvV Před 3 lety +13

    I think a common misconception about the moment in the Superman movie that many people have not considered is that Superman did not physically reverse the rotation of the earth by flying around it so hard and so fast that he actually affected the rotation. It isn't explained with any sort of explicit in-film explication, so it is just my assumption, but I think what was really happening is that he was traveling faster than light, and traveling so fast that he began to travel back in time.
    This is displayed in the film as the earth slowing, and then reversing, and the filmmaker even shows previously shot footage literally rewinding and being undone. So, as stated, the earth was not actually being slowed down, it was just the movie's way of rewinding through time.
    That opens a whole can of worms about time travel as it relates to traveling faster than light and I'd probably be just as fascinated to hear you talk about that particular subject, but I did think that the above theory was worth positing to you and hopefully it will change your opinion of the film itself as well as the potential scientific questions surrounding it.

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 Před 2 lety

      Yep.... but...

    • @eclipse369.
      @eclipse369. Před 2 lety

      Light does not travel from point A to point B and its not exactly a speed.
      Light is a sound wave of the ether.

  • @nazarethmartinez6461
    @nazarethmartinez6461 Před 2 měsíci

    neil you really make my day. its so great to understand the misteries of the universe in such a simple way. you make science sound so easy.

  • @bryankingsley2077
    @bryankingsley2077 Před 2 lety +8

    I love when people make Neil laugh. He loves this stuff and he's like giddy about it

  • @oscart.grouch9061
    @oscart.grouch9061 Před 3 lety +6

    Dr. Tyson is the reason as to why I pursued astrophysics in college. University of Minnesota here i come!

  • @RinDiu
    @RinDiu Před 2 lety +7

    Chuck: "So people in Ecuador should all have their hands up and go yeeeeeh yaahh" I can't 😂😂🤣🤣

  • @MrGrowthAndChange
    @MrGrowthAndChange Před rokem

    Great conversation! Enjoyed listening

  • @shepshape2585
    @shepshape2585 Před 2 měsíci

    I'm sure someone has already said this, but Neil was referring to the Gravitron ride. One of my favorites when I was younger.

  • @NoodleMcnoodle
    @NoodleMcnoodle Před 3 lety +81

    Wife: i want to lose 5 pounds.
    Husband: Neil said you should move to Ecuador.

    • @carultch
      @carultch Před 3 lety +1

      That would only work if you were as obese as the world record for the fattest person. A typical person only loses between 1/2 pound and 1 pound by moving to Ecuador.

    • @rangtajha
      @rangtajha Před 3 lety +1

      Hilarious

    • @gerrytushh
      @gerrytushh Před 2 lety +2

      She would only lose weight, not mass. No work done. Q.E.D

    • @ATinyPillow
      @ATinyPillow Před 2 lety

      Actually, you weigh more at the north pole than at the equator.
      \ {0.o} /
      .

  • @sadiqmohamed681
    @sadiqmohamed681 Před 3 lety +15

    I remember doing the math for this about 30 years ago when I started travelling regularly to and from the US. Someone had spotted that if you took the take off time and added or subtracted the flight time (depending on whether you were flying east or west) you did not get the actual time at your destination. Off course I first had to work out the correction for the fact that the aircraft flew on a great circle. Luckily by that time I had a Macintosh to do the calculations for me! Of course Concorde had another issue which was that it was flying about 50% faster than the rotation. At the time I didn't think about the weight thing. That was interesting to hear about. Neil is a fascinating explainer.
    There was a great BBC Science documentary called "Orbit" in which Dr Helen Czerski and Kate Humble explained about the Coriolis Force effecting the major wind systems. Warm air rises at the equator and as the Earth rotates it move North East or South South East, cools, falls to sea level and keeps moving Eastward. At sea level this shows up as the Trade Winds. Humble did a demo by parachuting from about 15K feet above Arizona with a GPS tracker. They had picked a day with almost no wind and sure enough her track moved Eastward.

  • @norbertgoodheim7400
    @norbertgoodheim7400 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I love this show. It's so important for people to watch this. Knowledge is power.

  • @The.RandomTube
    @The.RandomTube Před 3 lety +58

    Neil always somehow manages to blow my mind away.

    • @jrltog4320
      @jrltog4320 Před 3 lety +1

      My posts get removed, too much truth

    • @ThePriestofYahuahYahushah
      @ThePriestofYahuahYahushah Před 2 lety +1

      I counted the moons and logged them for two years. We were lied to. There are 355 days in a year. Here is a video showing you how you can go verify it yourself. Just skip to the moon information czcams.com/video/185siLcVToI/video.html

  • @BondiAV
    @BondiAV Před 3 lety +4

    The way I learned it in school, it's full name is "Centrifugal Inertial Force" and the way you explained it here helps me understand better why. Thank you!

    • @carultch
      @carultch Před 2 lety

      Inertial force is an oxymoron. Pseudoforce is a better term.

  • @dougclark8219
    @dougclark8219 Před rokem

    This is one of my favorite StarTalk videos.

  • @michaeldavis155
    @michaeldavis155 Před 2 lety +5

    Neil, you are absolutely AMAZING at how you explain things!!! 💯💯 Makes my life sooo simple, while at the same time... #MINDBLOWN

  • @c.youngberg9511
    @c.youngberg9511 Před 3 lety +29

    I was today years old when I made the connection that Ecuador is positioned on our Equator

    • @samsonrodrigues4186
      @samsonrodrigues4186 Před 2 lety

      That's how the name Equador is derived

    • @mariogarcia1803
      @mariogarcia1803 Před 2 lety +1

      guess you should go back to elementary and pay attention this time wow

    • @carultch
      @carultch Před 2 lety

      @@mariogarcia1803 How do maps in Spanish distinguish between Ecuador and the equator? Is it called "Linea del Ecuador" for the equator, and "República de Ecuador" for the country?

  • @BorisGitlin
    @BorisGitlin Před 3 lety +14

    1:20 - "It's what keeps bucket in the water" 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @colinreddington6348
    @colinreddington6348 Před 2 měsíci

    Neil's topics are always great. His knowledge and enthusiasm are exceptional. I've had a few teachers like this and the classes were brilliant and we learnt a lot.
    I've seen him debate with Richard Dawkins and the likes, and he knocks it out of the ballpark most of the time with his comments.
    Keep it up. Great channel 👏

  • @KalabelaiGaming
    @KalabelaiGaming Před 8 měsíci +1

    These episodes needs to be longer at least few hours

  • @dalemyrie597
    @dalemyrie597 Před 2 lety +3

    Since I find this programm I stick to it like glue. I learn so much , lovely programm thanks very much gentlemen .

  • @TheElectra5000
    @TheElectra5000 Před 3 lety +11

    12:59 The deer wouldn't complain because Santa's weight is inversely proportional to the weight of the bag of gifts. So, to them, the sleigh would weigh the same.

    • @studygodsword5937
      @studygodsword5937 Před 2 lety

      the fact that Tyson believes in santa says a lot about him !

  • @mikemclenison8200
    @mikemclenison8200 Před rokem +1

    Great info! And fun to listen to!

  • @Pier77Tampa
    @Pier77Tampa Před 15 dny

    The vessel size analogy makes so much sense!

  • @benjaminr.3111
    @benjaminr.3111 Před 3 lety +35

    This question always made me stay up for hours. I’m thankful for Neil making it easier for me to understand and finally give me the answer I’ve been questioning for years. Thank you Neil ❤️

    • @onesciencedad
      @onesciencedad Před 6 měsíci

      Get some melatonin for this one. Why does the earth or any orbiting body spin? It's because they always have is the answer I always get. Why then does Venus spin opposite then? Sleep well.

  • @raym6791
    @raym6791 Před 3 lety +88

    Neil: so you had problems as a child 😂
    Chuck: 😂...😅...😂...😅

  • @AronSquander
    @AronSquander Před rokem +13

    I think there is a slight mistake at 10:36 - 190 Pounds on the north pole would not be 185 pounds on the equator. According to all sources and my own calculation the difference in weight would be something around 0.5% - 189.05 pounds would be the correct value - so approximately just one pound difference.

    • @DesertSky928
      @DesertSky928 Před rokem

      Nope....not even that!
      185 Kilos of Gold poured into bars at Quito, Ecaudor (0° 9' South Latitude) will NOT WEIGH 190 Kilos (Kneel DeFraud's 2.7027% delta, nor your ±.5% delta) at the London Bullion Market Association ("LBMA") at 51° 30' North Latitude.
      1 Kilo = ±32.15075 Troy Ounces
      LBMA spot on Dec 22, 2022 is ±$1,820 / Troy Oz
      185 Kilos = $10,825,157.53 USD
      185 x 1.005 = 185.925 Kilo = 10,879,283.31 USD
      Delta = $54,125.78
      .....not a chance this is reality, otherwise we would have Time Zones AND Money Zones to compensate for adjustments.....yet, we only have Time Zones.

    • @awolf81
      @awolf81 Před rokem +3

      I agree Tyson is wrong about how much the equator effects your weight.

    • @mikemccormick6128
      @mikemccormick6128 Před rokem +7

      As I heard him saying that, it sounded like he was just guessing on the difference. Because otherwise, why would it be such a well rounded number? (5lb.) I think the main point he was trying to make is that there is a difference.

    • @mikemccormick6128
      @mikemccormick6128 Před rokem +2

      He could be closer to right if you factor in elevation. New York city is at sea level, but much of Ecuador is up in the mountains. Obviously the higher the elevation, the less you would weigh.

    • @jsandiego2394
      @jsandiego2394 Před rokem +2

      I think for all who disagree, Go and get a bachelor's in computer science, then goto Harvard for Earth and political studies where you should achieve a Masters... Then, finally a Doctorate degree in Astro-physiology. Obviously where you will have YEARS, on top of years of these kinds of conversation with true experts... As of now. Everyone's a CZcams argument about the universe and Facts specialist.🤡

  • @stanleybuchan4610
    @stanleybuchan4610 Před 9 měsíci

    Neil made my day by pronouncing centrifugal correctly (centrifical). Many people don't know how to say it.
    😂

  • @StaticBlaster
    @StaticBlaster Před 2 lety +9

    When I was on one of those big planes from NY to England, I was in the middle of the plane (didn't have access to a window) and I didn't even feel like I was moving at all. That's how smooth the plane's motion was.

    • @claudiomarangone614
      @claudiomarangone614 Před rokem +1

      good one

    • @StaticBlaster
      @StaticBlaster Před rokem

      @R Voit I'm talking about the constant aerial motion at about 40,000 feet in the air. Of course I can feel it moving when it's pulling away from the gate, when it's taking off and when it's coming in for landing. That's all acceleration/deceleration.

  • @Nan01040
    @Nan01040 Před 3 lety +17

    This segment deserves more time,
    I feel like i am in an exciting science class :) xD

  • @KAZVorpal
    @KAZVorpal Před 10 měsíci +1

    Considering his demonstrated incompetence on the Philosophy of Science, Tyson talking about the earth's rotation makes me wish I believed it is flat.

  • @irrefudiate
    @irrefudiate Před 7 měsíci

    That was actually informative. 👍

  • @standupp4freedom749
    @standupp4freedom749 Před 3 lety +30

    the “GRAVITRON” is the ride you’re thinking of 😁

  • @theresadailey5809
    @theresadailey5809 Před 2 lety +17

    I love this show! You have a way of explaining to people that is so mentally exciting! 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @3dgar7eandro
    @3dgar7eandro Před rokem +2

    I love this channel for real: laughs 😂👌 and science 🔭 🤓👌 well balanced 👌

  • @nicolas2970
    @nicolas2970 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The Gravitron was the best fair ride EVER

  • @hernanzurita1763
    @hernanzurita1763 Před 3 lety +36

    Wiiiiiiiii !! from Quito Ecuador XD

  • @jd7994
    @jd7994 Před 3 lety +13

    Love y'all's show, huge fan, thanks for the awesome content

  • @israelramos8880
    @israelramos8880 Před 2 lety +1

    I just want to ask, do you have to bring the same weighing scale you used at the northern hemisphere to Ecuador?

  • @raulocasio9168
    @raulocasio9168 Před rokem

    Excellent!!!
    Dr. Tyson is the (Geese/Fish) artwork on the back wall 'original' North West Native American art?

  • @yutubvlogs8889
    @yutubvlogs8889 Před 2 lety +13

    I agree with the ship analogy, yes you dont really feel the ship moving especially if it's really huge unless you look outside and see things passes by your vision, let alone the Earth which literally moving everything including you.. so that makes sense on why you dont feel the earth's motion. Neil you are a legend, thanks for the explanation. 😊😊😊

  • @NihilistEmier
    @NihilistEmier Před 3 lety +18

    Fun fact : yesterday only I googled about earth's rotation! And now I'm feeling really smart 😂

    • @teknoaija1762
      @teknoaija1762 Před 3 lety +6

      and the more you read and study,the more you experience those.they are very satisfying moments.i totally get you.

  • @DinoMarcoccia
    @DinoMarcoccia Před rokem

    This was amazing. Thank you!

  • @kareenthompson2024
    @kareenthompson2024 Před 8 měsíci +1

    im hollering and learning at the same time!! Thank you!!😅

  • @angielott83
    @angielott83 Před 3 lety +50

    “Ok so.... you had issues as a child..... that’s another show!.....” the SHADE doc, the shade! Lol

  • @heavencanceller1863
    @heavencanceller1863 Před 3 lety +7

    Takes me back to when Vsauce told us what would happen if the earth stopped spinning. Thank you Neil and chuck for the amazing content!

  • @user-ww4jh9yh8r
    @user-ww4jh9yh8r Před 6 měsíci

    Professor, taking the fact that I have huge respect for you, I'm a air force academy grad with an aerospace engineer degree. Ironically, my call sign is C.K. as Clark Kent lol if anyone can fly and spin around our little " rock" to slow it down, we will slow down with it. 😂 It wasn't a sudden stop. P.s. MR. Tyson, like I told you when you made a statement about CMDR Fravor possible instruments recalibration on his F18, stick to what you do best, sometimes people not from "general population" watch your videos. But thanks for making lough

  • @parissaizan3769
    @parissaizan3769 Před rokem

    I keep watching these over and over - as if Dr. Neil was my professor.

  • @xxundeadxgiirlxx
    @xxundeadxgiirlxx Před 3 lety +3

    I am listening to this while playing sid Meier's Civilization VI and listening to this! Best Day Every! For real though i love your show and look forward to new videos. :)

  • @PanchoKnivesForever
    @PanchoKnivesForever Před 3 lety +9

    You guys are great together :) Y'all make this show way more interesting. I also love how y'all can relate on so many topics, it allows for such a smooth transition between y'all's jokes to science!

  • @RMack-hv1kt
    @RMack-hv1kt Před 2 lety

    I enjoy watching Your channel. I learn a lot from You Guys.
    Ya,'ll complement each other. It just goes to show You can teach an old man new stuff.
    There are great guests on the show.
    If not for the knowledge and game y'all spit, it would be a comedy show. I'ld still watch it.
    You Guys take care
    Much Respect
    Raymond Mack
    An Elder

  • @samuelmullins271
    @samuelmullins271 Před 11 měsíci

    That makes weight accurate at polar circles.
    So upon Moon on side facing Earth, you weigh more than when standing on the opposite side? What lunar orbital speed is noticeable weight difference?

  • @wesl-p4400
    @wesl-p4400 Před 3 lety +4

    Love this channel!! NDT is the best!! Makes science and physics fun and entertaining.

  • @Ninja_Revenge
    @Ninja_Revenge Před 8 měsíci

    Such a brilliant scientist! Very easy explanations, even for me as non-native English speaker.

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo Před 3 lety +6

    this thoroughly stimulated my mind and soul.

  • @shawncarlson2508
    @shawncarlson2508 Před 6 měsíci

    this talk is making me miss the gravitron (a fair ride) where I used to live

  • @jopflah416
    @jopflah416 Před rokem

    That ride was called The Rotor at Paragon Park in Hull, Massachusetts. I have no doubt it was called something different at many other amusement parks.

  • @randiaz95
    @randiaz95 Před 3 lety +4

    It would be interesting to study the generation of energy in space due to frictionless rotations and magnetic fields making electricity

  • @kirantube89
    @kirantube89 Před 3 lety +7

    Mortal Kombat actually taught me that spinning a bucket fast was the key to defeating Sub-Zero

  • @dj1211
    @dj1211 Před rokem +1

    The rotation of the earth keeps me coming back for more.

  • @michaelodom7023
    @michaelodom7023 Před 2 lety

    wouldn't the tips of the axis create faster but shorter point of or inner circles and if so would they not have to experi3nce more centrific force than the middle like top and bottom of a top when u spin it ?

  • @dominiquecarter5055
    @dominiquecarter5055 Před 3 lety +6

    Well timed, scientific based comedy plus a breakdown by humanity's favorite teacher= gold.

  • @milkdrom3da
    @milkdrom3da Před 2 lety +4

    binge watching startalk and knitting at 12am next to my salt light lamp. life is okay at this second :) thank you both so much for blessing us with these amazing quality entertaining and educational videos.

    • @kenadams5504
      @kenadams5504 Před 2 lety +1

      You do know about Andromeda galaxy !

  • @kennethgooswit3697
    @kennethgooswit3697 Před rokem

    Doc Neil, can you please explain why we dont use the heat of the inner kernel of the earth to produce electricity like in a nuclear reactor?? I.m.o. Extraction energy from the earth kernel is simpeler than creating nuclear fusion, or not???

  • @robert9407
    @robert9407 Před 8 měsíci +1

    That carnival ride was called Gravitron, well it is in Australia

  • @MGoodin
    @MGoodin Před 3 lety +3

    There hasn’t been ONE single episode I’ve watched that I didn’t learn something! Thank you so much for enlightening us and keep up the GREAT work! Love love love this podcast!

  • @byronthomas4733
    @byronthomas4733 Před 3 lety +17

    You two are the perfect team.. you make learning fun

  • @apostolakisl
    @apostolakisl Před rokem +1

    I'm pretty sure superman didn't make Earth spin backwards. The premise was he flew faster than the speed of light and therefore went back in time, only making Earth appear to spin backwards from his perspective. Not that flying faster than light is any more plausible.

  • @gtg309v
    @gtg309v Před rokem

    Technically it wouldn't change your actual weight (the force of gravity that pulls on you) when you take a plane ticket closer to the equator, but it would change the reading on the scale that you stand on since the scale is not actually measuring your the force of gravity but rather it is measuring the normal force that you would exert on the ground.

  • @keepgoing1973
    @keepgoing1973 Před 3 lety +6

    It was called The Cage in England. And the floor retracted away. You were left pinned to to wall with no floor beneath you.

    • @davidbesant
      @davidbesant Před 3 lety

      At Dreamland Margate?

    • @keepgoing1973
      @keepgoing1973 Před 3 lety

      @@davidbesant I used to travel with Danters fun fair all over Gloucestershire.

    • @timcobb5277
      @timcobb5277 Před 2 lety +1

      At astroworld that was called barrel of fun and if you stood on the wall the ride operator got upset

  • @S550STANG
    @S550STANG Před 3 lety +28

    Neil's little happy dance at the start 😂

    • @sandradolores6960
      @sandradolores6960 Před 3 lety +4

      I found it enjoyable. Worked for me. I’d like to see more. Is the pandemic over yet?

  • @nelsonaguiar4361
    @nelsonaguiar4361 Před 7 měsíci

    So much to learn thank you

  • @MarkB-vp9ki
    @MarkB-vp9ki Před 2 měsíci +4

    I'm not fat, I just live too far from the equator.