How come the earth spins on its axis and rotates around the sun at the same speed. You would think if the earth was the result of the big boom theory, that these rotations would eventually stop, or at least slow down, due to the gravitational pull of the sun. Whats keeping everything so orderly? How can harmony come from such kaos?
2007-04-04 17:10:18 · 9 answers · asked by Gary M 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So 4.5 billion years ago a solar day was approx. 8.4 hours since the rate of the slowdown in the rotation of the earth is 2.2 seconds per 100,000 years. I guess a lifespan of 300 years was possible given the length of days. And we think time flies when your haveing fun.
2007-04-04 17:50:33 · update #1
From my perspective the earth is not in outer space.
2007-04-04 17:54:19 · update #2
It is slowing down. It's just slowing down very slowly.
2007-04-04 17:16:55 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of Isaac Newton? Bodies in motion remain in motion. It's the friction of air and other forces that stops things once they are set into motion. Objects in space don't encounter those forces, they only encounter gravity. The planets in our solar system would fly through the universe in a straight line if not for the gravitational pull of the Sun, which acts as a kind of tether.
If you're going to make an argument based on physics, you need to know a little about physics first.
2007-04-04 17:17:34 · answer #2 · answered by rainchaser77 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sheer mass of the Earth and the relative frictionlessness of the vacuum of space makes the gradual slowing of the Earth virtually imperceptible to us. Do mountains move? Certainly, but we can't see it unless there's a volcano going on. The time scale is immense. We're like ants watching a tree grow. The things we can see and make on our human scale demonstrate the futility of trying to demonstrate perpetual motion.
2007-04-04 17:25:21 · answer #3 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The planets will decelerate ultimately. There only isn't lots of friction up there, so it takes a jointly as. Down right here on the earth, that's lots harder to banish friction and get some thing to bypass perpetually. in the experience that your vacuum have been reliable adequate, you could desire to get it to bypass an somewhat long term. It does no longer be air resistance that slowed it down. Currents could be triggered on your magnets. So except they have been superconducting, the magnets could dissipate capability away as warmth.
2016-10-21 01:51:15 · answer #4 · answered by console 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good, Grasshopper. The fact is, the rotation of the earth is slowing down, just at an infinitesimal rate.
By the way, it is spelled "chaos".
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2007-04-04 17:16:14 · answer #5 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better for the physics section. Humans cannot create a perpetual motion machine. The truth is, the orbit isn't perfect neither is the rotation, eventually, they will both break down but it is beyond our perception as our lives are but a second in the eons of the universe.
2007-04-04 17:15:47 · answer #6 · answered by Momofthreeboys 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Earth has been slowing since was formed. Take an astronomy course.
2007-04-04 17:15:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The earth is slowing down, very slowly.
2007-04-04 17:16:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the earth is slowing, just as the sun is slowly burning out. everything around us is in chaos the only thing is, its on such a large scale that in our short life times not much is noticeable.
http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/050225_wobbly_planet.html
http://pages.prodigy.com/suna/earth.htm
http://www.wolaver.org/Space/M16.html
2007-04-04 17:13:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋