If you stand directly on the north or south pole, will the earth spinning make you dizzy?

Question

I stood in the middle of a merry go round once and after a second or two, I could barely stand up.

That must be a lot worse if you're standing on one of the poles and it's going tens of thousands of miles an hour.

Answer 1

First, the earth is spinning wherever you are standing. The fact that you don't get dizzy all the time shows that this won't happen. You get dizzy because your point of reference with the things around changes (like when on a merry go round). With everything spinning at the same speed you don't see or feel the movement. Also, if you are spinning with your eyes closed you also won't get dizzy because, again, you won't see things moving around you.

Answer 2

It might if you were tracking a star near the horizon through a telescope for several hours. More likely, you would look up from your telescope and become disoriented. This can happen just about anywhere though. (People to ask would be Derek Breit and John Locker, both active on the internationalspacestation Yahoo group.)

Dizziness doesn't have anything to do with speed, but rate of rotation.

There were studies done on how rotation of much faster spacecraft than the Earth would affect astronauts. (You can experiment yourself by going to Calgary, Alberta, and riding the elevator...believe it or not, it is cheaper and easier than taking the stairs...to the top floor, which consists of a very expensive rotating restaurant. For me, disorientation is a greater problem than dizziness.) Apparently, most people can adapt to 1rpm, some can adapt to 6rpm without discomfort. The Earth spins at 1/1440th of an rpm. Merrygo rounds can go about 30rpm...I think.

Answer 3

Here is a photo of me at the South Pole
http://antarctica.kulgun.net/SouthPole/

I did feel dizzy, but just because it was so amazing to be at the South Pole, not because I felt like I was spinning.

Answer 4

Pole Stand

Answer 5

Are you asking if spinning at one revolution per DAY will make you dizzy???!??!? I think not, dear.

Answer 6

nup sorry. the earth is to large for it to make you dizzy

Answer 7

you wouldn't even notice.