= Rotating-frame effective potential
{title2=$\Phi_{\rm eff}=\Phi-\tfrac12|\boldsymbol\omega\times\mathbf r|^2$}
For uniform rotation, the <Newtonian gravitational potential> plus the centrifugal potential generates the non-Coriolis part of the <equation of motion in a rotating frame>. Stationary particles obey $\nabla\Phi_{\rm eff}=0$. The <Coriolis force> changes perturbation dynamics, so curvature of this potential alone is not a general rotating-frame stability criterion.
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