2007-08-01 06:31:32 · 7 answers · asked by Abu#2 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
So man can't affect the earth?
2007-08-01 06:35:44 · update #1
North America has more fatties so everyone from South America would be catapulted over to North America.
Wait.....
That's already happened!
2007-08-01 06:34:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, Newtons law of gravity says two objects will attract each other at a constant rate so the jumpers would meet up with the earth at some central point and both objects would stay at that point. So the earth's movement would not be effected. On top of that the earth weighs roughly 6sextillion tons. The resounding wumph from all those people hitting at once still would not equal that weight and therefore not have enough enertia to cause movement. So sorry, no jumping would knock the earth out of its orbit.
2007-08-01 13:43:26 · answer #2 · answered by JFra472449 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Earthquake that caused the Tsunami in Asia slowed the Earths rotation by something like a 10th of a second. I'm not sure how much physical force everyone jumping would cause.. so I can't answer your question.. but yes.. it is technically possible to exert enough force to throw the Earth out of orbit.. it may take more people than we have at this time though.. nifty little thought to add on.. we, have this ability to think and mold the world around us to fit our needs... and we can invent things that produce much more force/waste/energy .. whatever.. than we ourselves can. So yes, we do effect the Earth with our toys.
2007-08-01 13:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by pip 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not enough of a momentum transfer.
Newton's Law of Inertia says that for every action there is an equal reaction so if everyone jumped up at the same time then the people would go one way and the Earth would go another way relative to them. However, the center of gravity of both the Earth combined with the people would not change, so both would come back to the same original point and transfer the same momentum back into each other.
2007-08-01 13:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by civil_av8r 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, man can't affect the earth THAT way. There are, as we all should know by now, other ways in which human activity CAN affect the earth.
2007-08-01 13:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Slightly, yes- but why?
2007-08-01 13:36:40 · answer #6 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No
2007-08-01 13:33:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋