2006-07-05 12:54:30 · 8 answers · asked by kenny k 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Not if you point the gun away from you.
Perhaps you are thinking of the fact that if you took a step away from the exact North Pole, and then faced west, you could then take about six steps always going west and you would return to where you were. Would a bullet fired west go around the world and hit you in the back? No, it wouldn't. The bullet might start going west, and it would go in a straight line, but that straight line would change from due west to south west and finally almost due south. Curious, isn't it? Straight lines mapped on the surface of a sphere no longer look like straight lines. But when you walk west you can adjust your path so it actually makes a circle.
2006-07-05 12:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, for the same reason that you will not get dizzy if you are standing dead on the North Pole. Since it's been way too long since I was in school for me to bother trying to explain, I will simply suggest that you take a few courses in linear algebra and basic Newtonian physics. 8 )
2006-07-05 20:51:07 · answer #2 · answered by Truebador 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you point the gun ... what does north pole have to do with it?
2006-07-05 19:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better question: If you fired a bullet at the moon's equator--due east--at exactly the orbital velocity of the moon, would it kill you if didn't move?
2006-07-05 20:46:34 · answer #4 · answered by stevenB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What? Could you possibly elaborate on why you think this might happen?
2006-07-05 19:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by Argon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you point it straight up.
Or toward yourself.
2006-07-06 00:19:27 · answer #6 · answered by Reyesuela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't work that way.
2006-07-05 19:58:48 · answer #7 · answered by lightningviper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the fukc are you talking about???????????????????????????????????
2006-07-05 20:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋