Coriolis effect
Efecto Coriolis
- Date
- 1835 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Coriolis, professor of mechanics at the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris since 1829, mathematically derives the fictitious force that deflects the path of a body moving within a rotating frame of reference, such as the Earth.
Presented to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1831 and published in 1835 in 'Sur les équations du mouvement relatif des systèmes de corps'.
What it led to
- Explanation of large-scale atmospheric and ocean circulation
- Modern dynamic meteorology
- Trajectory corrections in ballistics and navigation