and what would happen if it stood still for a few days?
2007-04-23 06:39:27 · 12 answers · asked by cuteness 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I've actually heard that the earth is already slowing down... i dont know if that's true though.. or why exactly
2007-04-23 07:16:25 · update #1
I may be completely wrong, but surely if we got hit by a massive metiorite or comet, we could in theory be toppled and rotate the other way...
2007-04-23 07:46:21 · answer #1 · answered by Wedge 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The moon is slowly leaving earth orbit.
As the moon leaves it steals angular momentum form the earth. The Earth is spinning slower as the orbit of the moon increases. In time the earth may stop rotating and have the same side always towards the sun. If the Earth were to capture a large new moon it could gain a spin opposite the direction seen today.
2007-04-23 06:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by NyteMayR 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 22:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
> Will the earth ever start to rotate in the opposite direction?
Not likely. That would require a collision of such magnitude that it would be more likely that the Earth would be broken into pieces, forming an asteroid belt.
> what would happen if it stood still for a few days?
Sorry, that's just not going to happen.
2007-04-23 06:46:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of conservation of angular momentum, the Earth (and everything else) will continue to travel in the direction it is rotating unless acting on by an outside force. It would take a massive impact of devistating proportions to alter this. If it were to happen, you wouldn't be around to worry about it.
2007-04-23 06:46:10 · answer #5 · answered by recall1k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no well maybe I mean if there was some huge amount of forse thatt stoped the earth we would be frozon in time because our vision works like animation therefore if you stop the reel you only see a picture also if that did happen time would go backwards at the same 24 hour pace exept you would be doing every thing Agian and backwards and be compleatly aware but I can`t think of a force that big even a black hole would`nt be big enough so answer your question no
2007-04-23 06:48:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
But what a way to see the earth
2007-04-23 06:50:33 · answer #7 · answered by gofar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it stopped, everybody and everything on the planet NOT directly connected to the earth would be flung into space. That would ruin everybody's day.
2007-04-23 06:47:07 · answer #8 · answered by jrome 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, it's the giroscopic/inertia effect, once something in motion (or spinning), it wants to keep in the same direction and angle (for spinning).
2007-04-23 06:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by jcann17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless it is acted upon by some external force.
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2007-04-23 07:14:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋