Has the Earth ever stood still?

Answer 1

no.
There exists a movie titled "The Day the Earth Stood Still" directed by Robert Wise (1951): Earthlings are told that they better learn to live peacefully or else, Earth will be destroyed because it represents a danger for the other planets.

There is a reference in modern versions of the Bible (e.g., versions in English) to the Sun standing still, in order for the day to last long enough for Joshua to win a war. When it was discovered that it is not the Sun that moves around the Earth, but the Earth that rotates in order to give us day and night, some turned it around to show that the Earth stood still. Velikovsky tried to elaborate a theory involving Venus passing close to Earth and stopping Earth's rotation, then starting it again. The theory was never supported by any observation (and turns out to be very poor at making any other prediction).

In the original version from the book of Jasher (inserted later into the book of Joshua by a transcriber), it appears that the command given by Joshua to the Sun and Moon is "to keep silent", not to stand still. Joshua did not want the heat of the Sun to tire his troops.

Answer 2

Scientifically, no. Its rotation contains the angular momentum from the solar system dust disk from which the Earth formed. That's also why most planets rotate in the same direction and orbit the sun in the same plane.

Fictionally, yes. Reminds me of the 1951 classic movie: "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Klaatu barada nikto!

Answer 3

I think there was a Day The Earth Stood Still. :^)

I heard that Michael Rennie was ill...

But seriously, don't think so. The earth has always rotated and revolved w/r/t the sun, the galaxy, and the rest of the universe.

Answer 4

never, the process of planet and solar system formation requires constant movement (in my oppinion and that of others this is how the time "constants" are qualified). The creation of life and civilisation requires movement, day and night and seasons to provide for the reality we now experience.

NOTHING in the universe seems to stand still, our planet revolves around the sun which is hurtling, along with the other systems in our galaxy throughout spacetime. So even if the earth seemingly stopped rotating around the sun then it would still be moving very quickly, in relation to the space around it.

Answer 5

Nope.Its scientifically impossible. If the Earth stood still, time will stop. The results would be catastrophic and the earth might reverse its revolution and rotation and time will likewise turn back.

Answer 6

Yes, according to the Old Testament. Joshua commanded the Earth to stand still, allowing his army to rout the enemy. This was corroborated in 1950 by I. Velikovski who claimed that the reason for that phenomenon was not divine intervention, but a comet which passed too near the Earth.

Hard to find a more unbelievable book than the Bible, but "Worlds in Collision" was up to the task...the funny thing is that many folks took that book seriously.

Answer 7

No. If something stopped the Earth in it's path, we would fall into the Sun from the gravitational attraction. That would be bad. The Earth moving in it's orbit keeps that from happening.

Answer 8

No, never. Not only does the earth rotate on it's axis and around the sun, but it's also hurtling through space at a million miles per hour away from the site of the Big Bang.

Answer 9

At the dawn of the planet possibly as theres no real theory to why we rotate other than Gravity in play.

But i highly doubt any other time as all forms of life would simply shoot off the planet. everything is use to the speed it spins round currently so if we just stopped now...it would be like hitting the breaks in a car at 300 miles an hour without seatbelts and a windscreen

Answer 10

"ever"?
Well, the particles that make up the earth have never been, nor will the ever be still as we would know the concept, even after the earth is no longer in existence.