2007-09-01 02:00:01 · 27 answers · asked by raashid 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The centrifugal force of the earth spinning would throw us all into space.
Think about taking a yo-yo and swinging it around real fast and then the string breaks. Well, we are the yo-yo and the string is gravity, which suddenly stops when the string is cut.
More about centrifugal force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal
and centripetal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal_force
2007-09-01 02:05:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mugwump 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity refers to the mutual attraction between two bodies (any form of matter) that is directly proportional to the product of the masses of two bodies and indirectly proportional to the square of the distance between two bodies, according to Newton's Law of Gravitation. If the earth loses its gravity, the mutual attraction is lost, consequently everything floats. Everything becomes weightless. Moreover, there is a tendency of collisions among planets because the earth has lost its gravitational pull or the force that holds the planets together. It's as if the bond has been broken.
2007-09-01 09:30:43 · answer #2 · answered by martin_01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything on earth will start floating
all living things would die
but the earth can't lose its gravitational force because where there is mass gravitational force will always be there
2007-09-02 00:52:34 · answer #3 · answered by shilpu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the earth to lose its gravity there would first have to be no earth. Gravitation appears to be related to mass. Reducing the planet's mass is about the only way to reduce gravity.
So eliminating gravity all together would require that the planet not exist.
2007-09-01 10:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a complicated question. I can't see how only Earth is going to loose its gravitational force. The only way would be that all matter loose its gravitational force. Then, the whole universe turns into a cloud of free particles.
2007-09-01 09:14:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the earth lost it's gravitational field,it would explode like a mini super-nova.
The enormous pressure is contained solely by gravity,without it the earth would erupt in a devastating explosion.
2007-09-01 09:50:08 · answer #6 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth is not held together by gravity, cosmo....
it would be impossible, but hypothetically.... not only would you float off (along with everything else) but you would suffocate very quickly. The atmosphere on the Earth is a result of gravity. So, remove the gravity and you loose the air you breathe.
2007-09-01 13:59:59 · answer #7 · answered by Joe Joe baby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing will happen to the earth , only the humans and other things on the earth will fly in the space.
2007-09-02 03:55:09 · answer #8 · answered by VIPUL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't possibly happen. EVER!
But if it did then everything not tied down would be flung off into space by the centripetal force of the Earths rotation.
2007-09-01 09:06:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gravity is caused by mass, so the only way the Earth could lose its gravity would be if it lost all of its mass. Then it wouldn't exist.
2007-09-01 17:38:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋