why can't we feel the Earth spinning as it's orbiting?

Answer 1

You are spinning at a rate exactly equal to the rate of the ground you're standing on, so you feel no acceleration. If you're in a train moving at a constant speed on a perfectly level track and are blindfolded, you couldn't tell whether you were moving either because you'd be moving right along with the train. We can only feel acceleration (change in direction or velocity) or bumpiness to alert us to motion.

Answer 2

It's not because its spinning slow, actually it takes a full rotation in just 24 hours.
You cannot feel the spinning because of the gravitational pull that is central to our planet. All heavenly bodies that are stationary are placed in non-ether.
It's not the way when you ride a giant wheel. The atmosphere in that case is not attached to the wheel.
Since, the high gravitational pull of the planet keeps the atmosphere(the clouds etc.) attached to it we cannot feel the motion.
In case of the swing what we feel as spin is movement of air.

And for the bees in the stomach that are while riding spin wheels, the different in our mass and the planet's mass is mamoth. That results in force that is negligible to our senses.

If you leave an helicopter still above the ground, it does not changes it's position with the rotating earth.

I think you've got it.

Answer 3

Because of the laws of gravity.

When you're in an airplane--you can feel it takeoff because of the force exerted *against* you. (Only because the body you're in is much larger, and you are a much *smaller* body inside it.)

But with a body of gravity the size of Earth itself, the forces which conduct gravity is essentially a "zero-gee" motion. Since the planet already spins on its axis, the Earth creates its own "zero-gee" envelope inside--which is where we all live and breathe.

So we aren't going to *feel* the spin as much as we would if we were inside a plane. We know it's happening--because we've gotten visual evidence from space itself.

But our perceptions and sensations have been nullified by the more powerful (and overwhelming) gravity of Earth's spin.

However, if that spin where to stop suddenly--like a braking motion--we'd be crushed on the rebound.

Answer 4

relativity,....... its the reason you feel static although you are in fact traveling faster than sound,( the earth rotates with a speed of 30 km/s and a speed of !!!! around the sun, and the solar system orbits in the galaxy with speed of !!!!, and the galaxy moves at a speed and so on and so forth ( sorry I don't remember the exact speed but its very fast) ) if someone was watching you from space you would look like your moving even if you were not, if someone was watching you from the edge of the universe you would look like your moving at the speed of 5000km/sec (maybe :P) if earth were to accelerate then you will feel the Gs until the speed becomes constant again. but that's a whole different story :)

Answer 5

Because even though it is moving thousands of miles an hour, it still takes Earth all day to rotate once on its axis and a whole year to go once around the Sun. And since there are no nearby trees to be seen zipping past and there are no bumps in the road shaking us, we just don't notice it. IT is kind of like flying in an airliner with no turbulence. Even though you are going hundreds of miles per hour, the plane feels and looks like it is almost standing still, except when it is near the ground taking off and landing.

Answer 6

Because the speed of Earth while orbitting is very fast but the size of the Earth is very massive, that's why we cannot feel it.

Answer 7

when you're on a plane you know that you're moving but you just can't feel it. it feels like you're standing still because there's no wind and you don't se any objects moving outside. the same thing goes with the earth. it's actualy spinning around the sun at 30 km/s or 108,000 km/h.

Answer 8

Relative the the Earth, you are not moving.

Fact is, both you and the Earth are moving with the same velocity (speed and direction). Therefore, you will not sense any movements.

Answer 9

Becuase you are moving at the same speed as the earth and there is no differential in speeds. You'd soon know if there was a differential.

Answer 10

Gravity and the fact that we are also spinning with it and therefore feel nothing.