P4_2 Earth’s Toilet Trouble

Authors

  • Owen William Morris University of Leicester
  • Lewis Jefferey Banks University of Leicester
  • Aaron James Laird University of Leicester
  • Liam Stuart Morris University of Leicester

Abstract

How large a radius would a toilet bowl need to have in order to cause the Earth to stop rotating? In this paper, a circular motion model of the common flush toilet is explored. By keeping the height of the flush constant and calculating the mass of the water for every possible radius; we have calculated that the toilet bowl would need to have a radius of 4.65 × 10^8 m. For this scenario to occur, the motion of the flush would need to be in a clockwise direction when located on the North Pole to cause the Earth to cease rotating on its axis.

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Published

12/02/2021

How to Cite

Morris, O. W., Banks, L. J., Laird, A. J., & Morris, L. S. (2021). P4_2 Earth’s Toilet Trouble. Physics Special Topics, 20(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/3906

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2021): Physics Special Topics

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