Southerly deviation from plumbline of falling bodies ==================================================== Suppose a body is falling freely in Earth's gravity field with its initial velocity being zero. Then the effect of the Coriolis force on the falling body can be found in the fact that it deflects from plumbline in the easterly and southerly (equatorial) directions. **Notes:** #. The southerly deviation is extremely small and almost unobservable due to the :math:`t / T` factor. #. Also see :ref:`Easterly deviation from plumbline of falling bodies`. **Conditions:** #. The vector of free fall acceleration is considered constant. **Links:** #. Sivukhin D.V. (1979), *Obshchiy kurs fiziki* [General course of Physics], vol. 1, p. 355, (67.11). .. py:currentmodule:: symplyphysics.laws.gravity.southerly_deviation_from_plumbline_of_falling_bodies .. py:data:: southerly_deviation_from_plumbline Southerly (equatorial) deviation of falling body from plumbline due to Earth's rotation. See :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.euclidean_distance`. Symbol: :code:`s_south` Latex: :math:`s_\text{south}` Dimension: :code:`length` .. py:data:: fall_time :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.basic.time` elapsed during the body's fall. Symbol: :code:`t` Latex: :math:`t` Dimension: :code:`time` .. py:data:: rotation_period :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.basic.period` of Earth's rotation. Symbol: :code:`T` Latex: :math:`T` Dimension: :code:`time` .. py:data:: easterly_deviation_from_plumbline Easterly deviation of falling body from plumbline. See :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.euclidean_distance`. Symbol: :code:`s_east` Latex: :math:`s_\text{east}` Dimension: :code:`length` .. py:data:: latitude :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.latitude` of the place the body is located in. Symbol: :code:`phi` Latex: :math:`\phi` Dimension: :code:`angle` .. py:data:: law :code:`s_south = pi * t / T * s_east * sin(phi)` Latex: .. math:: s_\text{south} = \pi \frac{t}{T} s_\text{east} \sin{\left(\phi \right)}