if the world stopped spinning wouldnt we fall out because supposobly this will happen when niburis or something like that passes by
2007-06-30 17:10:39 · 9 answers · asked by anoa 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2007-06-30 17:10:53 · update #1
no niburis does not have the mass to stop earth from spinning.
gravity has not yet been understood. no one knows exactly how it works.
the idea sounds like it would work, but I believe its actually the mass of earth that keeps up from falling off.
you could "fake" gravity by sitting inside a spinning object in space.
2007-06-30 17:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, we won't fall out, because there are more chances of us falling out when the world IS spinning, rather than when it stops. As in, if you suggested that the world started spinning much faster with an increasing speed, then yes, at a point of time we'll all be thrown off the ground. It's because any object that revolves in a circular fashion experiences a force in the outward direction (called centrifugal force. It depends on mass of the body, it's velocity, and distance from the center of circulation). Since we are on earth, we would be revolving also, and we would feel the force too. There would be a time when that force would become greater than the gravitational force.
2007-07-01 00:18:46 · answer #2 · answered by sloth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get off this "YouTube" kick. Your source of information is sooooooo bogus. Ni-ri-bus (that's how you spell it) is from Sumerian mythology, not history. The whole fairy tale is from mythology. Please, learn the difference between scientific fact and "Hollywood"-style fiction, OK?
How would you propose that the world would just "suddenly stop spinning"? Struck by another planet-sized body, flying into Earth from the opposite direction as our rotation? I think you're talking about destruction on a planetary scale.
A large object, just passing by will not stop the Earth from spinning. On a near-Earth pass, I doubt it would have any measureable effect on rotation.
2007-07-01 00:26:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,we would all go flying off the earth at tremendous speed,if the earth stopped spinning.But,we would be dead long before,because of all the storms,and winds,the slowing of the rotation of the earth would make.There would possibly just tiny little bugs left that were capable of surviving,because they would be to small.
2007-07-01 00:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by Life goes on... 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Gravity keeps us on the Earth, not the fact that it's spinning. I haven't heard anything about it stopping spinning, you might want to check on that source. If we spun slower, we'd just have longer days and nights.
2007-07-01 00:20:24 · answer #5 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We won't fall because there is still gravity, but what WILL happen is that one side will remain exposed th sunlight and the other side will be dark...
There is a possibility that the Earth's magnetic field will be disrupted, causing changes to nature...
2007-07-01 00:20:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are near the equator and the Earth suddenly stops turning I suspect you would continue to move and be killed just as if you were shot from a cannon.
2007-07-04 10:29:13 · answer #7 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what's a niburis? but no we wont fall off
2007-07-01 01:17:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury dude get back in school DAMMMMMMMMM
2007-07-01 00:35:36 · answer #9 · answered by rookie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋