Coriolis may refer to:
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Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, le ...
(1792–1843), French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist
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Coriolis force
In physics, the Coriolis force is an inertial or fictitious force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the force acts to the ...
, the apparent deflection of moving objects from a straight path when viewed from a rotating frame of reference
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Coriolis (crater)
Coriolis is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. The crater floor is bisected by the lunar equator, and it lies about three crater diameters northwest of the crater Daedalus.
The rim of this formation is somewhat ero ...
, a lunar crater
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Coriolis (project)
Coriolis involves 7 institutes in operational oceanography in France (CNES, CNRS, Ifremer, IPEV, IRD, Météo-France, Shom) decided in 2001 to joint their efforts within Coriolis in order to:
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, a French operational oceanographic project
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Coriolis (satellite)
The Coriolis satellite is a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Earth and space observation satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on 2003-01-06 at 14:19 GMT.
Instruments
WINDSAT
''WINDSAT'' ...
, an American Earth and space observation satellite launched in 2003
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