Timeline for Can wind blow floating objects in predictable cyclical routes?
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| Nov 2, 2023 at 22:48 | comment | added | ZioByte | In general I agree, but there are several flaws: in particular the mall breeze will not build up as you say (unless you have Jupiter-size hurricanes) because push would be null as soon as the floating object travels at the same speed of the breeze; the only force (i.e.: actual wind felt on the floating megacrystal) would be the need to change momentum and send the thing back along it's route. I fear anything massive enough to have a sizable inertia compared with surface exposed to wind will have to travel very slowly to remain in a stable pattern. | |
| Nov 2, 2023 at 21:15 | comment | added | Flywheel25a | The circular movement would naturally negate a fair amount of the momentum gain. Momentum in one direction doesn't directly translate to momentum in a different direction. Some might be converted, but much will be lost as the object slows down and reverses direction. | |
| Nov 2, 2023 at 17:55 | vote | accept | Jozomby | ||
| Oct 31, 2023 at 14:19 | comment | added | Jozomby | Thank you! I hadn't thought to look into ocean currents. That's a really good idea. | |
| Oct 31, 2023 at 5:23 | history | answered | Henry Taylor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |