wouldnt the reduced mass of the earth make it get closer to the sun by means of gravity over time maybee a long time but we are very sensitive to our climate and even the slightest change is disturbing not only to the assholess doing it .
2006-10-10 19:19:33 · 6 answers · asked by suhpisis 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2006-10-10 20:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Holden 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A) Unless you launch things out of the Earth's orbit completely, the mass is still there in the Earth part of the Earth-Sun system. Just because it's orbiting doesn't affect the math, at that distance.
B) Being closer to the sun does NOT affect temperature. In the Northern Hemisphere, we are closer to the sun in winter (because the earth's orbit isn't perfectly round). The massive difference in temperature is due to the angle that we face the sun (daylight lengths, height of the sun in the sky, etc.)
C) Losing mass does not affect the orbit of the Earth. (inertia, F=ma, the fact that anything we launch is infinitesimal compared to the Sun's mass, and a host of other reasons.) If anything, because there is less mass, there should be *less* attraction between the Earth and the Sun. Imagine - if we got a million times heavier, do you think we'd get farther from the Sun, or would we start to fall into it?
2006-10-10 19:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by geofft 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even -IF- an appreciable amount of Earth's mass were to be removed (which could never happen), by what scientific principle do you believe that a loss of mass would cause orbital decay??? I know of no past or present gravitational theory that would account for that. Your assumption has no basis in science.
2006-10-10 19:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by lampoilman 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
international warming acts as great gasoline in a popular engine, it provides power to the climate gadget, so in places the place it used to rain, it now pours, and in places that had droughts, those droughts replace into intense. the climate device is powered with the aid of warmth from the sunlight, which accumulates in air and specifically in sea water, warmer seas propose wilder climate, and the fluctuations in the climate are in direction of the extremes.
2016-12-08 12:40:15 · answer #4 · answered by casco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. and very little has gone outside the planets gravitational pull ,only a few pounds.
2006-10-10 19:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by frank m 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No - not enough matter is lost from the earth for it to have any appreciable effect.
2006-10-10 19:26:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋