2007-06-18 22:52:28 · 8 answers · asked by chuckguy 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
would it burn as a ball?
2007-06-18 23:41:45 · update #1
None.
There is no slipstream or atmosphere passing over the match to blow it in any particular direction.
Also there is no gravity so the normal process of heat rising due to the hot material being less dense does not apply.
Therefore your flame in space would be spherical (except of course that it wouldn't burn at all because there is no oxygen to permit combustion)
2007-06-18 22:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all there isn't oxygen, as everyone else has said. But if you were in the space shuttle and, therefore had oxygen, it would burn in a nearly perfect sphere.
2007-06-19 05:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by nintendo_obsession 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space is a vacum without oxygen, therefore your match would not burn.
2007-06-19 05:56:13 · answer #3 · answered by Donna A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no Oxygen in space to support that flame; your best bet would be to use an electric fuel-cell lighter!
2007-06-19 06:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will burn straight upwards, as there are no air currents.
2007-06-19 06:00:27 · answer #5 · answered by Bhaskar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u cant even light1...no oxygen, fool
2007-06-19 05:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by kermit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No gas, no fire.
2007-06-19 05:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no flame
2007-06-19 05:56:40 · answer #8 · answered by marizinha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋