VARIATION OF g DUE TO LATITUDE (OR DUE TO ROTATION OF EARTH) LATITUDE: The angle between the equator and the line joining the place to the Centre of earth is called the latitude of a place on the earth. Lattitte ot O& => place Pp is LPOE = Ak pate, A=FO Scanned with CamScannerGeemmel method CAE temtat Panes, mor ACS mm tne pork ele 4 mars m }laeed ok P smpekve im seo + Combonemke 03 Crmbomevt mru finn ach perberciewtss “to m Fas no efteet on is 0 sudo. Tie Componemt , minut Ce > 18 Aching. eee 2 abppanentt weight mq = ng tee CoS” o = % — Relerp Cea r \e= Q— Bets * cos | Scanned with CamScanner## AsAT cos @ Land g' Tt soas equator — pole g't Special case : (i) At equator A= 0°,cosA=1,hence g, =g—R, w* (ii) At the pole 2 = 90° ,cosA=O,hence gp =g—Rew*xogp=g Thus acceleration due to gravity is minimum at the equator and maximum at the poles (ii) Gp-Je =R_w? NOTE: # Effect of rotation of the Earth is maximum at the equator and minimum at the poles. #If the earth stops rotating the weight of a body would increase due to the absence of centrifugal force. # Even for the rotating Earth, the direction of acceleration due to gravity is towards the Centre of the earth both at the equator and at the poles. # At intermediate latitudes ,This direction slightly deviates from the Centre of the earth. The maximum deviation is about 0.1 degree. Scanned with CamScannerpap RO ar - =F) Qa6 tae x V7 KIO” ) teres’) q — biG - odie! = 97BrhI6 Scanned with CamScannerx:Determine the speed with which the earth would have to rotate on its exis £0 that a person on the equator would weight 3/5th as much as at present. Y= A - I <4 wt qeepeal-o 2 2k Wo ERE w= \2°b ! i, Scanned with CamScannerEXDetermine the speed with which the earth would have to rotate on its axis s0 that ¢ person on the ‘equator would weight 3/5th os much as at present. Y= 4 = 12* EoX equitet, \= ° Je = F-R ee —O S agi = #8 e@ ao ep %Y TEST YOURSELF: WORKSHEET 1: If the earth stops rototing about is exis, then what will be the change in the value of gato place ln the equatorial plane 7[ 3.4 cm s*-2] _2:colculate the imaginary angular velocity of ofthe Earth for which effective acceleration due to ‘gravity at equator becomes sro [3.25x 10%3 rad/s} 3A body of mass 10 kgs token from the equator to. pole ofa Earth is 6.37106 m, time perlod ‘of Earth's Rotation obout ts rigin axis is 24 hrs. [33.79 wt] Scanned with CamScanner