2006-08-16 05:20:19 · 14 answers · asked by 100 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Short Answer: Conservation of Angular Momentum.
Look that up, and you will learn many new things...
2006-08-16 05:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jay S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth's rotation is based on its axis. Since the imaginary axis is rotating from East to West, the Earth is also rotating from East To West.
2006-08-17 21:20:56 · answer #2 · answered by mspentinum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematics is a perfect language with no exceptions. It is also the language of form and function (science and physics). Change nothing else but the rotation of the earth and the beauty of a truth that is perfect in circumstances is broken.
Why it can not is also provided in the truth math has laid out as applied to the current world.
2006-08-16 16:01:14 · answer #3 · answered by 2J's 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to big-bang theory,a big and unimagined explosion happens on universe several billion years ago so the earth along with other components is moving when this speed is reduced to nil. It can move in opposite direction.But it is almost an impossible one as the earth manages to rotate in the same direction until the sun exists
2006-08-20 07:35:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luck of the draw.
If the world had coalesced from meteors and debris differently, then it could go either way. Now that everything is in motion, there's no way to stop it and change the direction. Six sextillion tons is a big weight to stop!
At least our clocks are safe for now!
2006-08-17 01:17:05 · answer #5 · answered by Karl the Webmaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you have set a top in motion , can you reverse the direction of rotation without stopping the motion ? the same with earth.
2006-08-16 13:29:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's how it's always rotated since it was created in the solar system and because of its inertia, it keeps on rotationg in that direction.
2006-08-16 12:47:11 · answer #7 · answered by AlphaOmega 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would you be asking the exact oposite question if it was the other way around?
What's the point of this question?
We rotate a specific way, and it's not going to change because of inertia. that's all you need to know.
2006-08-16 12:27:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is in a fixed orbit, and in order for it to rotate the other way it would have to slow and stop which would mean good buy to us
2006-08-16 12:27:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we would have to turn all of our buildings around.
2006-08-16 17:21:21 · answer #10 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋