The Earth??

Question

Why can't we feel it rotating?

Answer 1

1. The Earth is huge compared to us, so its movement is not noticeable to us.
2. We're moving along with the Earth, so we can't feel the movement.
3. The Earth's movement is stable (no vibrations, no swerving or ups and downs) so the movement has no change for us to feel. If you were on a train on a perfectly smooth, perfectly flat track, you wouldn't feel the movement either - its the bouncing and side-to-side swaying that tells us the train is moving.

Answer 2

Several reasons.
It is completely smooth. No bumps or vibration at all.

The atmosphere is carried along with the rest of the Earth as it rotates, so there is no wind.

There is nothing nearby to be seen going by. It is kind of like being in an airliner at 30,000 feet. The airliner is going 600 MPH but if there are no clouds near the plane and you don't look at the ground, it seems as if you are just hovering. And if you DO look at the ground, far below, it seems like you are barely moving.

Earth is turning only one time around in a day. If you were on a merry-go-round that only went around once in a whole day, you wouldn't feel that either.

Gravity is much stronger than the centrifugal force of the Earth's rotation. Earth would have to rotate completely around in 90 minutes instead of 24 hours for centrifugal force to equal gravity at the equator.

Answer 3

because you are also moving.

for example, you're on a train. you stand up but you don't feel like you're moving. the entire train is moving and the ground beneath you is moving. same with earth.

an answer below says the earth rotates slowly. the earth rotates at around a speed of 1000 miles/hour. not slow.

Answer 4

Because it is rotating v..e...r....y s.l..o...w....l..y.

Try this: stand in one spot. Draw a circle around that mark, with a radius of 57.3 inches. Every 1 inch around the circle, make a mark (okay, just make the first 4 or 5 marks if you want). Now stand in the middle of the circle, facing one of the marks on the circle. Every 4 minutes, rotate your body by 1 degree, so you are facing the next mark on the circle. That's how fast the Earth rotates.

Answer 5

The same reason why when you're in an airplane, you don't feel like you're going 500 miles per hour.