My teacher said that if something happened in europe and asia and everything was torn down, and we built everything bigger and had more people in america the earth would be heavier on our side and cause the earth to be off of balance and would spin off into space. Is this true?
2007-01-03 21:26:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
comment on veronica v ans: the earth wont be sucked in by the sun if it collapse and become a balck hole. it will still orbit but there wont be any sun. for the earth to be sucked in, it need to be in the event horizon of the collasped sun.
well, the earth wont spin off into space, as it is technically free falling towards the sun but the velocity of the earth keeps it in orbit.
2007-01-03 21:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by superlaminal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not that much easy. Because the balance is in between the gravitational pull by the sun and the centrifugal force due to spinning of earth around the sun, keeps the earth in position in its orbit. So if any change happens in these forces then only there will be deviation.
2007-01-04 05:38:04 · answer #2 · answered by dinu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. The gravitational pull between the sun and planets depends on a lot more than if one side of the Earth is heavier.
2007-01-04 05:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by bashnick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no way humans could move or change the makeup of the earth's mass enough to do what your teacher described. That teacher needs to go back to school and pay more attention in physics class.
2007-01-04 06:10:47 · answer #4 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Another comment re: Veronica...
The sun is not massive enough to collapse into a black hole.
I believe she is referring to the eventual red giant phase. At present, there is debate as to whether or not it will grow large enough to consume Earth. Even if it doesn't, we'll be crispy critters.
2007-01-04 05:49:51 · answer #5 · answered by gebobs 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With McDonald's in the equation, the west is ALREADY becoming heavier hehehe...
But seriously, the mass of the earth is 5.98 X 10^24 kg. IT would have to be a LOT of activity on the surface to throw off this huge mass. Im talking like hundreds of tousands if not milliions of times of wat we have now.
2007-01-04 05:38:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, because gravitational pull is not effected by shape. It depends on mass.
2007-01-04 05:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by Dhiman B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's ridiculous.
If your teacher said anything even close to that, he or she shouldn't be teaching.
2007-01-04 05:28:05 · answer #8 · answered by Northstar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, but I did heard that our sun is a star and one day it will die out and create a black hole that will suck up our planet.
2007-01-04 05:30:33 · answer #9 · answered by veronica v 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋