Can the earth ever move out of its current orbit due to an atomic explosion ?

Question

How will an atom bomb explosion affect the earths rotation or revolution?

Answer 1

Technically, a big enough bomb could blow a solid mass the size of the Earth out of orbit. But building a bomb that big is impossible. There isn't enough fissile material in the world to make a bomb even a billionth the size needed. And in fact, a bomb that big would turn the Earth into rubble before pushing it out of orbit. You'd have a giant pile of asteriods in a ring around the sun at 93M miles, but they would still be in the same orbit as the old Earth was. So the answer is no.

Consider the asteroid that killed off the Dinos. It was a hundred BILLION times bigger than the Hiroshima bomb. The Earth rang like a bell for a hundred thousand years, but it didn't leave the Earth's orbit.

Answer 2

There have been volcanic eruptions, such as Krakatoa that have been over 10000 times the force of the Hiroshima bomb. The Earth did not move out of alignment. There is no need to worry about the Earth's orbit, as any bomb that could affect the orbit of the Earth would undoubtedly destroy all life very quickly, so relax.

I would be more concerned about being hit by a giant asteroid - now that would throw us out of orbit if it hit us at the right angle.

Answer 3

Even a large atomic bomb has very little effect on the earths inertia, basically the earths mass is so large in comparison to the explosion. It would be like setting off a very small fire cracker next to a canon ball.

Answer 4

No. The Earth is so massive, that an atomic explosion wouldn't have nearly enough energy to move the earth even a millimetre out of orbit.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Last year's tsunami did move the earth a little off it's axis. Nature can move the earth, and so can a collision with a meteor.
The atomic bombs we have nowadays are not as powerful. This doesn't mean that mankind isn't stupid enough to try and build a bomb that powerful.

Answer 6

NO.

The earth is very, very large... Even compared to the largest atomic explosion.

Do solar flares move the sun?

( Solar flares are many times the size of the earth!)

Answer 7

No. It is most unlikely that anything but a massive meteor/asteroid collision would affect the magnetic relationship between the sun and the earth.

Answer 8

cannot answer this question with any proofs, but i believe if the explosion is deep enough will definitely take an effect on some kinds of catastrophe in today's world.

Answer 9

no