If the earth is moving at a fast speed why don't we get thrown off?

Answer 1

The force of gravity holding our feet to the ground is stronger than the centrifugal force (which tends to push us away from the Earth) produced by the Earth's rotation on its axis.

Answer 2

You don't get thrown off a car or plane, do you?

Also, if you mean like being thrown off a fast caroussel, the critical thing is angular speed. The Earth is so big that even though it is turning 1000 mph at the equator, the angular speed is very small. If the earth was turning as fast as a Caroussel out of control, say a revolution every second, yes you would get thrown off.

But as fast as it is, the Earth only revolves once in 24 hours, which is really pretty slow.

Answer 3

The rate of speed that the earth rotates is not calculated as a car driving down the highway. Obviously the earth makes a full rotation every 24 hours based on the sun. However, the speed of the earth is calculated in relation to the celestial realm known as the stars. Take a piece of paper a thumbtack and a string. Attach the string to the thumbtack at the bottom of the paper and with a pencil mark the arc of the string at 1" away from the thumbtack and 8" away. Now you will have to realize that both arcs were created withing the same time period but one arc covered much more distance. Therefore it traveled at a faster rate.

Answer 4

It's only partially gravity.

Relativity explains it.

Get into an elevator, you feel it move as it starts and then you quickly stablize and then you feel it again when it slows.

If we were to hit a brick wall, we would be thrown off the earth. That would be the only thing that could make it happen.

Now, get into a car and drive on the highway at 65 MPH. Why aren't you still glued to your seat. Inertia is sill in play.

Now hit a brick wall or the car in front of you and you fly through the winsheild, because your body is still travelling at 65 MPH but the car has stopped dead.

You experience the world RELATIVE that that world or universe.

This is why it was once thought we were the center of the universe. You feel no movement, hence everything else must be moving!

Answer 5

Gravity.

Answer 6

Gravity.

Answer 7

Gravity.

Answer 8

there's little fairies between ur toes...they hold tight to the ground holding you foot to earth so u wont get thrown off..

but sometimes they fall asleep when u r sleeping...so u actually get thrown off..but they wake up and pull u back to ur bed...and that's where the dreams come from...the dreams is what u see when u r in space..and the ppl u see in ur dreams (including when u see urself) is ppl living in another parallel world just like ours...and they look exactly the same...the gravity is really strong there...so when u r thrown off..this world pulls u and voila..u r dreaming

Answer 9

Because of the force of earth's gravity.

Answer 10

NASA created inertial dampeners in the 60's. Before then, people flew off all the time, especially near the North and South poles, which explains why no one lives there.