what if the earth stopped rotating .......?

Question

.......at once ?

Answer 1

There is absolutely no possiblity of that situation ever arising .Because the rotation of earth depends on the grvitational forces of the earth and the Sun.All masses aquire a quality of atttraction and this is not like the magnetic force .this is special force and no opposite force ( an anti-gravitational force ) has been found . So all globaular masses have the quality of attraction and all bodies attract mutaully. if the earth stopped rotatiting , it ,means that the bodies have lost the quality of mutaul attraction and the vry quality of cohesion of matter would itself will vanish. so evrything would crumble to powder and would be flying at the tangent of the rotation from the spot at which they were just at the time the rotation stopped . This could not happen to the earth alsone as the movement and rotation of th eearth ar inter realated to the rotation and movement of th eother clestial bodies , particularly the sun and the sun should have also stopped doing this for the earth to go inoit such a situation. And to cap it all the similar mechanism inside the atoms would also get affected and that would mean thedestruction of matter in the universe. that is an impossibility as matter could never cease to exist . If the electrons inside the atoms of elements form ing mattr stop workign , that will be the real magic of the universe as nothing would / could exist . everything would vanish in jiffy- a situation that could not even be imagined as matter is indestructible .The earth of its own accord or volition can not /will not stop rotating as long as it is a globular mass and is in the spere of influence of the solar system.

Answer 2

Earth is rotating at a speed of about 1100 miles per hour. If our planet suddenly stopped rotating, the atmosphere would still be in motion at that speed. The atmosphere would be moving so fast it would literally sweep the land masses clear of anything not anchored to bedrock, this would mean rocks, soil, trees, buildings, people and animals. All would be swept up into the atmosphere.

If the Earth's rotation slowed down gradually over millions of years, and this is the most likely scenario, it would be a very different story. If the Earth slowed down to one rotation every year, called synchronous rotation, every area on Earth would be in either sunlight or darkness for one year. This would be similar to what the Moon goes through where for two weeks the front side of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun followed by the front side being in darkness for two weeks.

But what if the Earth stopped rotating completely? In that case, one half the Earth would be in daylight for half the year while the other side would be in darkness. The second half of the year it would be reversed. Temperature variations would be far more extreme then they are now. The temperature gradient would affect the wind circulation also. Air would move from the equator to the poles rather then in wind systems parallel to the equator as they are now.

Even stranger would be the change in the Sun's position in the sky. In the above scenario, Sun would just have a seasonal motion up and down the sky towards the south due to the orbit of the Earth and its axial tilt. You would see the elevation of the Sun increase or decrease in the sky just as we now see the elevation of the Sun change from a single point on the Earth due to the Earth's daily rotation.

As an example, say we live at 30 degrees North latitude. In the Summer, at a longitude where the Sun was exactly overhead, it would slide gradually to the horizon as Fall approached, but since the Sun has moved 90 degrees in its orbit, it would now be due west. As Winter approached, you would now be located on the dark side of the Earth. You would have to move to a longitude 180 degrees around the Earth to see the Sun 1/2 way up the sky because in the Winter, the Sun is 50 degrees south of its summer location in the sky.

There would be other effects of the Earth's rotation slowing also. The magnetic field of the Earth is generated by a dynamo effect that involves its rotation. If the Earth stopped rotating, the magnetic field would no longer be regenerated and it would decay away to some low, residual value due to the very small component which is 'fossilized' in its iron-rich rocks. There would be no more 'northern lights' and the Van Allen radiation belts would probably vanish, as would our protection from cosmic rays and other high-energy particles. Losing this protection would cause serious health issues.

Be glad for our Earthly rotation, without it we would be much worse off!

Or If You wanna see what happens watch the movie The Core 2003 (PG-13)

After the U.S. government learns that the earth's core has stopped rotating, a team of "terranauts" is sent on a secret mission to burrow to the center of the planet and detonate a cluster of nuclear bombs. The odds are against them, however, and time is running out.

Starring: Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart... View Full Credits
Director: Jon Amiel

Answer 3

That would really happen only in mad world......lol
i think u would feel heavyier, as the earth is rotating all people on the surface tend to be thrown out by centrifugal force, but are held on to the surface due to gravity..
if the centrufugal force stops suddenly, more gravity would act on u...

it would'nt be that interesting though, and boring,
instead imagine if the earth starts rotating twice as fast

Answer 4

Everything on the surface would be shot in to space at the speed the Earth rotates. 366mph or something like that. It's the same deal as when a car breaks suddenly.

Answer 5

No , earth will never stop even if it does i will go and rotate the earth and come back !

Answer 6

Since we are only moving at about Mach II, we would not escape the earth's gravity. We would be forced back onto the surface and, perhaps, some of us would survive depending on how and where we landed.

Answer 7

Read Herbert Wells' short story The Magician you'll get the idea. Fun and pure scientific story.

Answer 8

then v will be turning 4 a while

Answer 9

Get a high speed break and life will go on.

Answer 10

the uneducated mush heads wouldn't be able to push a finger at a key board. camel odor would be over........