Please explain how planes land on all those deflecting runways. Cheers ;)
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@neiltyson@dopplershift British Navy made a similar mistake in the Falklands WarThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson we play real football down here, and I guess our ball being a sphere affects your calculations too. - 1 more reply
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The Earth is flat neil just stop all the bullshit and give up ya complete dogass.....
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@neiltyson there are some who play American football down in Brazil, but the only current pro leagues to worry about are in North America.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift We play Rugby though, and that has conversions. Also Australian rules football, which is all about big kicks...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift Happens to me all the time...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift What I thought after reading article when I googled Coriolis force but I'm no physicist so I thought I was wrong!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Probably works for Aussie Rules and Rugby though!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson my universal quirk of the day: I was reading your interview in sky magazine while flying over Cape Canaveral. TY for everything.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift Us SH'ers are often neglected. You know how hard it is to polar align a telescope without Polaris?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift We play Rugby down here, where a drop-goal is essentially the same. So, Coriolis still wins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-x0oDzz2GU …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Hey, you'd have been right if the Earth rotated the other way... like in the _Daily Show_ opening animation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift Aussie rules football uses a similarly shaped ball to gridiron, just less pointy, and goals are kickedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift there are some people play it in Australia but they’re mostly ex-pat Americans. Haven’t heard of ‘when in Rome…’ :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift So it would work for Australian rules football? Do they have field goals?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@dopplershift well, they kinda do, as am.football is played in national leagues on all continents except antarctica... ;-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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