My wife has taken more physics classes than I and is better at math than I, but still we have a bet. Help if you can.
I say that if the Earth started spinning faster and faster eventually the centrifical force tangent to the surface would overcome gravity and everything (people, cars, bodies of water) would be thrown off the planet like a giant Merry Go Round.
She says (I don't understand this) that if the Earth started spinning faster it's gravity would somehow become stronger and we'd all be stuck to the surface, unable to move.
I don't know the math in this but I'm sure I'm right. Could someone give me the equation to prove to her? Thanks a mil.
2006-09-21
01:52:48
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