Space Elevator Coriolis Deflection: 2D Tether View

A space-elevator climber does not just move straight up — as it ascends the co-rotating tether, Earth's rotation bends its path in the rotating frame into a westward-deflecting Coriolis force. This top-down 2D view carries a climber from the surface anchor toward a counterweight beyond geostationary orbit while a driven, damped torsional model tilts the whole tether east–west in response, exactly as real space-elevator engineering studies model the effect. Adjust climb speed, tether stiffness and damping, watch the deflection angle and Coriolis acceleration update live, and see the elevator cross geostationary radius where gravity's pull gives way to the counterweight's outward tension. Drag to pan and scroll to zoom on the flat equatorial-plane map.