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If the Earth started spinning faster, would we start flinging off?
If the Earth started spinning slower, would our weight increase?

2007-04-27 03:10:39 · 6 answers · asked by Misty Lane 1 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

6 answers

yes, that is correct

even if the speed does not change, when you travel from equator to poles the gravity force changes this is not just because of theflatness on poles but also because the centripetal and centrifugal forces vary with varying radius.

but the changes are so small that the change in rotational speed has to be mammoth to notice much.

2007-04-27 03:16:04 · answer #1 · answered by SuNiL 3 · 0 0

Earth's magnetic field is dependent upon the spin of our planet. Were our planet to spin faster, the magnetic field would increase in density. Venus, our sister planet of almost the same size, has very little spin to it and a very slight magnetic field.

What you propose would have greater potential at the equator than at either pole. Yet, the answers are - "no" and "yes, at the equator".

2007-04-27 06:20:21 · answer #2 · answered by d_of_haven 2 · 0 0

The magnitude of the Earth's centripetal stress is a similar as its centrifugal stress. this provides a information superhighway stress of 0, it extremely is why the Earth's progressive orbit around the daylight does no longer enhance or cut back in circumference and the web effect of both forces on earth is 0.

2016-11-28 02:29:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

It does reduce our weight a very tiny bit because of centrifugal force but not by much at all. At the equator, your weight is reduced by .6%.

2007-04-27 03:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 1 0

The variance would be very slight.

2007-04-27 08:25:43 · answer #5 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0 0

yes

2007-04-27 04:17:58 · answer #6 · answered by agape4reno 1 · 0 0

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