I have a question,, no1 can answer. i dont think anyway?

Question

This might e abit confusing, so bare with me.
If you are driving/flying/sailing, ect... the same way the world spins and the same speed the world spins, are you stopping in 1 place or goin round with it? and going the opposite direction the same?

Answer 1

If you stand on the earth you move with it, wherever it goes in the universe. If you travel the same ANGULAR speed the earth revolves (on the level of rotation, of course -if you can really do it), you will always be above the same spot, because you will be on the same radius of the earth as the spot above which you are. [The earth moves/rotates in the universe -That spot is part of the earth, so it moves/rotates in the universe - You are moving on a route parallel to the route of the spot, but you cannot simply tell. Someone who is observing both you and the earth (e.g. from another planet) can tell that you are "going round" with the earth, but you have stopped with respect to the earth.].
Now, "speed" (length/time interval) works another way. A difference in the distance from the "center of rotation" of the body means a different such speed (because farther points have to travel on bigger arcs -if you are above the earth you have to have a greater speed to keep up). Also, if the distance varies (as with the earth radius and the non-level surface of it), each point on the surface of earth moves on its rotation route with a different speed. You can think about the rest.

Answer 2

Even though the question sounds tricky, the answer is quite simple.
Let us say the earth spins at X miles per second. You are walking at the speed of x m/s too. These are two different things happening at the same time. They have no relation to each other. The earth's mass is far greater than your mass, hence there is no way these two speeds can be put together to give any logical meaning.

Alright, you insist, you still want to do it, then lets consider this- If you were to really move as fast as the earth is spinning (which is approx 1000 miles per hour) -
you would still be on the earth, and would have covered more ground than the earth has covered rotation.

The fastest speeds achieved have not crossed this speed- 1000+ miles per hour.

What you are gettng confused about is relative velocity.

Let me also just suggest that you dont try this at home. :-)

Answer 3

I think the answer has something to do with gravity, regardless of how quickly the earth spins, when you travel at any speed in any direction, you move. However, for example if you spin a goldfish bowl while the fish are stationary, they remain stationary, because there is no gravity as such in water

Answer 4

In all cases you are traveling 1,000 miles an hour. Your location on the Globe will change by that distance. The time on your watch shall stay the same when going west and run backward when going east.

Answer 5

You would only stay in the same place if you were stationary.
If you were travelling the same speed as the earth rotates, you would move forwards or backwards at that speed.

Answer 6

the world spins at 65,000 miles per hour you would be going at that speed so would be over the same spot. Depending on your direction you were facing you would either be going with or against the rotation. If going against the rotation then you wouldn't be staying in the same spot.

Answer 7

Think about it ... if you're within the earth's atmosphere ... you're already spinning at the same speed as it is....

.... e.g. when you jump directly upwards .. you don't suddenly travel a huge distance horizontally, do you?

Answer 8

You will have never left the place you left off from in the first place so yo will get there at the same time as you did when you left!

Answer 9

as far as on the planet your moving forweowd but as far as space goes you are standing still. same concept as a geostationary orbit. the satalite is moving as fast as the world in the same direction to stay in the same spot over the world.

Answer 10

I did that last week