Discussion
The maximum earth rate apparent drift a horizontal-axis gyro can experience, and where it occurs, is
Answer: A
The drift is \( 15\sin(\mathrm{latitude}) \) degrees per hour, and the sine reaches one only at the pole. There the earth's axis coincides with the local vertical, so a full rotation of the reference frame appears in azimuth over a sidereal day.
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