i'd like to pretend that this was possible. that the robe would not break.
2007-03-13 22:23:51 · 10 answers · asked by brandon 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
well, if this was to happen i think it would go like this:
the rotation of the earth moves fastest so this would wind up the rope around the earth until it gets tight. Then, the spin of the earth pulling on the rope would speed the revolution of the moon up while this slowed down the earths rotation. and maybe an equilibrium would be reached.
so hypotheticaly, our days would get longer and the moon would stay in the same part of the sky always, over the same city. but you would see the phases of the moon pass every day in unison with our day.
my guess is that our days would be about 100 hours long. so it would go from waxing crescent to waning cresent in 50 hours or so. A solar eclipse AND a lunar eclipse would happen every single day. our tides would be gone and after that, i can't guess what other things might occur
2007-03-14 20:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by smokesha 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Be aware I'm just guessing here. The Earth rotates counter-clockwise, and the moon orbits in the same direction around the Earth. So, the result if they were tied together, their direction would be some medium of the two (you could work it out if you knew both the centrifugal force of the Earth's spin and the momentum of the moon's orbit). However, since the moon would slow down it's orbit, it wouldn't go fast enough to actually orbit, and would come crashing into the Earth destroying a patch of Earth about the size of Europe.
2007-03-13 22:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by oracle128au 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rope may snap. There basically is not any rope sturdy adequate to face up to the pull between Earth and moon. Or did you recommend that the Earthward end may stay loose? if so, the rope may drag alongside the floor at about a million,000 MPH, because of Earth's rotation. in case you had the right style of mountaineering equipment so that you would possibly want to relax each now and then, and respiratory equipment, i assume you would possibly want to climb to the moon, in spite of the undeniable fact that it may tale you a lengthy time period. that's 250,000 miles away, you know.
2016-12-01 23:41:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the earth rotates at a certain speed, and the moon orbits the earth at a certain speed. so what would happen would be that the earths rotatioanl speed would slow down and the moons orbital speed would increase until the speeds came to an equilibrium. the earth and the moon would then be in resonance and would be locked in such a configuration that the earth would show the moon the same face just as the moon shows us the same face. hope this helps!!!!!!!
2007-03-14 02:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by Bones 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gravity is the rope tying the moon to the earth. It keeps the moon orbiting around the earth instead of sailing off into space.
2007-03-13 22:32:00 · answer #5 · answered by llloki00001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing would happen as it's not possible but i agree with m8ty ^up there and the tides woud be effected if it was possible to tie the moon up. good Q though
2007-03-13 22:38:09 · answer #6 · answered by bongalo_07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the moon will continue to rotate circularly but it will affect the rotation of the earth.
2007-03-13 22:37:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there would be an interruption in the revolution of moon on the earth... so tides would be affected to... :P
2007-03-13 22:31:36 · answer #8 · answered by PcH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the rope will snapped.
2007-03-14 00:07:32 · answer #9 · answered by The Borg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could climb up and down.
2007-03-13 23:39:40 · answer #10 · answered by Jac Tms 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋