This applies equally to the Earth rotating around the axis of the Sun and the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. This view of Earth comes from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Terra satellite. In physics, the angular velocity is a vector quantity which specifies the angular speed of an object and the axis about which the object is rotating.
What sarin is. 1  Sarin is a human-made chemical warfare agent classified as a nerve agent. 2  Sarin originally was developed in 1938 in Germany as a pesticide. 3  Sarin is a clear, colorless, and tasteless liquid that has no odor in its pure form. 4  Sarin is also known as GB. Nerve agents are the most toxic and rapidly acting of the known chemical warfare agents. 2  They are similar to certain kinds of insecticides (insect killers) called organophosphates in terms of how they work and what kind of harmful effects they cause.
These agents can cause sudden loss of consciousness, seizures, apnea, and death. Sarin (GB), one of the more commonly stockpiled nerve agents, may be inhaled as a vapor, or cause toxic effects by contact with the skin in the liquid form. VX is mainly a liquid skin hazard at normal ambient temperatures. These chemicals are easily absorbed through the skin, eyes, and lungs. The diagnosis of a nerve agent poisoned casualty must be made clinically on the basis of the. presenting signs and symptoms: sudden loss of consciousness, seizures, apnea, and death. There usually is not time for laboratory confirmation. Nerve agents inhibit cholinesterase, an enzyme present in tissues and blood.