rotating reference frame

A rotating reference frame is a viewpoint that moves with a spinning object, like standing on a carousel. From this perspective, objects appear to experience additional forces, such as the Coriolis or centrifugal forces, which are not seen from a stationary viewpoint. These forces arise because the frame itself is rotating, affecting the motion observed within it. This concept is useful for understanding phenomena like weather patterns or spinning planets, where analyzing motion from a rotating frame simplifies the physics involved, even though these extra forces are apparent only when observing from within the rotating system.