then how come when i sit on a roun about and it is spun i fly off and not go to the center
2007-09-11 08:19:49 · 29 answers · asked by mark the spark 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
your not going fast enough
2007-09-11 08:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. It would either take forever and a day for that to happen. Thus, slowing down everything else on the planet. Or, the Earth would explode. At which point, it would simply rip everything apart by millions/billions of tiny little 1000mph pieces of shot. (might be cool to see). Would you be able to fly off into space? Hell no. The rotational velocity of the Earth's surface is only 1674km/h. However, you would need to reach a speed greater than 40,270 km/h. ************** Two people think the rotation of the Earth creates gravity!?!?!?!? Damn people you really shouldn't have slept through school. - Mass generates gravity. - Centripetal force is what keep the Earth in a relatively stable orbit. It is a result of gravity which is a function of mass. - Centrifugal force doesn't exist. It is a poor way of describing INERTIA. The force defined by mass and velocity.
2016-05-17 07:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spinning actually gives a weak force that would send us off the planet if it weren't for the fact that the earth's gravity is much stronger. The earth's gravity is caused by it's huge mass, everything has its own gravity, the bigger items have bigger gravities... the sun is huge and keeps the earth from spinning away from it.
If you fall off a straight cliff, the mass of the mountain pulls you into the cliff face as you fall. Anytime you spin something in a circle there is a centrifugal force that makes things want to move outward from the circle.
So the earth's huge size pulls you down much stronger than the slow spinning pulls us up.
2007-09-11 08:31:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gravity isn't caused so much by the motion....gravity is related to the mass of the earth....and the mass holds us down even when we go spinning around the universe...because our mass in relation to the earth's is miniscule...So if you remember the landing on the moon and the guys jumping way higher than if they would on Earth? That's because the Moon is smaller than Earth and doesn't hold people/things down as much as the earth does. Gravity related to mass is also the reason why airplanes and space shuttles need soo much force to get out of the gravity's 'influence' and be able to fly....think of it kinda like a magnet.
If you were like a small gnat on the merry go round...chances are you won't go flying off it then.
2007-09-11 08:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by Maya's Angel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gravity pulls you to the middle of the mass, it has nothing to do with spinning, bodies are constantly attracted to each other, and gravity is a constant pulling towards, that's why the scientist say that the universe will be eventually shrinking and that right now it's expanding because the big-bang just happened, (which personally i think its a whole lot of bull)
2007-09-11 08:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by beebee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wrong. Gravity is a force created because the mass of elements that make up the planet attract the mass of elements that make up your body. Its one of Newton's laws. The centrifugal force created by us spinning counteracts gravity to a small degree, but not much.
2007-09-11 08:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by Danny N 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's not the spinning that generates gravity. The force of gravity is high enough because of the MASS of the Earth.
2007-09-11 08:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Gravity has nothig to do with earth's rotation....it's entirely due to its mass.
A mass in space will actually displace the properties of the space around it...causing a lesser mass to attract towards a larger mass. Somewhat like an implosion of space itself.
2007-09-11 08:25:41 · answer #8 · answered by bradxschuman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are talking about centrifugal force, not gravity. Gravity is the reason you'll fall to the ground after you fly off.
2007-09-11 08:23:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Gravity isn't a result of anything spinning, It's the result of the SIZE of earth.... for instance, if you could stand on jupiter, (since it's the largest planet) you would be flattened. (in reality you would be sucked in too the planet) but the size of the earth is what gives us gravity
2007-09-11 08:26:44 · answer #10 · answered by yafathomiejt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gravity is not caused by the world's spinning.
2007-09-11 08:24:28 · answer #11 · answered by ☺ . CIEL . ☺ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋