earth rotates on its own axis, but why can't we experience the same?

Answer 1

Joke: try spinning around and around, and you will be spinning with ther Earth!

Serious: the Earth's rotation along the axis is so smooth that we can't evel feel that it is moving (we can only see, ie sunrise, sunset).

Answer 2

You actually CAN feel the effects of the earth spinning. Most of the time we don't because we are (in simple terms) moving with a constant velocity and the sense of feel often involves force. Its not really a constant velocity though (a little more complex) as it is actually a uniform acceleration, but due to the sizes of the involved parties (you and the Earth) its easier to approximate with linear velocities.
Now to the part where you can feel it. If you swing on a long enough rope, in a North-South direction, you will notice that you can't swing in a straight line. At the north end of your swing you will be deflected to the east, and at the south end you will be deflected to the west. (in the southern hemisphere this is reversed) The reason for this is the Coreolis effect. Since the earth is a sphere at the north end of your swing the distance from you to the earth's axis is less than at the south end. Since you are closer, you will be spinning about that axis in a smaller circle, but with the same kinetic energy. This causes an increase in velocity with which you are rotating causing you to move toward the east (direction of rotation) The opposite happens at the south end.

Answer 3

WE cannot feel the rotation of earth around its own axis because our frame of reference is the earth itself.If we would watch the earth from a different frame of reference the earth would seem to rotate.Moreover the acceleration produced by the earth's rotation is so small that we cannot feel it.
Also the theory of relativity states that the laws of physics are the same over any frame of reference.Thus earth being an almost an inertial frame of reference,we find very less deviations during our observatins .

Answer 4

Because you are sitting on Earth! There is no relative motion, you can't experience it. Just like when you are sitting inside an aircraft that is flying, you don't feel the movement [if there was absolutely no sound or vibrations], because you too are moving with the plane, at the same speed.
Similar rotational movement of the EARTH can be experienced only if you are located somewhere (in space?) outside the earth.

Answer 5

Anything can be precieved by human eye or sensitivity only if there is a minimum number of frames moved in front of our eyes called the perception freqencey like in TV there should be 53 1/3 frames/second moved before we can identify movement. Earth is so massive and its movement is below the perception freqency and so we cannot se it move. One degree of rotation is around 54 1/2 miles and it and that multiplied by 360 degrees is the circumfrence of Earth. It takes 24 hours for the Earth to cover this distance which falls below the perception freqency and hence we cannot sense its movement. That is we need 54 1/2 frames per second to resolve movement, but Earth takes 24x3600/360 seconds to move one degree or frame which is 240 secondes. It takes 54 1/2/240 or around 1/5th of a mile in one second. If it moves 1/5 x 53 1/2 time faster then our senses will be able to resolve Earth's movement.

Answer 6

As we are on the rotating earth an we also rotate wih the earth at the same speed , just like a passenger inside a flying aircraft , we do not feel the rotation.if any movemen is to be felt , th eobserver and the body whose motion is to be felt shold be in different speed at least . if one is stationary , he can see and feel the pseed of any body in motion very well.

Answer 7

We can only feel acceleration or decceleration, we feel nothing when moving at a constant speed as we are on the earth. Think of traveling in a car you feel pushed back in your seat while you get up to freeway speed, but do not feel it when you steadily travel at 60mph down the freeway, then you feel deceleration which pulls you forwardwhen you take the off ramp and slow to a stop

Answer 8

gud qtion!! earth is too huge for us to experience d rotation of earth. though we r unable to make out d rotation of earth literally, but v do find changes brought by d rotation of earth viz day n nite.

but some theories say dat aging is a process which depends on d rotation of d earth upto some extent....only coz of rotation of earth v get exhausted at d ages of 90's n perish....itz like tedious jounery which v normally experience wen v travel in bus or train.

talking wid respect to natural deaths not d accidents which r predominent causes of death. but d ultimate reason is v r too small 2 expirence d phenomenal changes exhibited by d EARTH except for d changes which v perceive are day and night.

Answer 9

There are natural powers which have different effects on our being once we are born and even before that. the rotation of earth, gravity, our heart's work, ...these are so natural that we don't notice until there is something unusual with them. Like we feel the earthquake. We never actually notice that earth is pulling us towards it's centre with an acceleration of 9.8 m /s/s.

Answer 10

The gravitational force is much more stronger than the force due to rotation