whycan't we feel the earth rotating in its axis and revolving around the sun?

Question

why can't we feel earth's movement although we are aware that it moves in very high speed?

(we should feel dizzy most of the times like the feeling while we are inside the speeding car or any vehicle)

Answer 1

earth flies "suspended" in z G---
its like driving on cushions of air

the earth's spin is constant---- then so are we

try dropping a penny in the car when you accelarate.
drop one when your coasting at a constant speed.
then drop one when you slam on the brakes


gravity holds us in place ---
it keeps us stable in relation to the center of the earth

Answer 2

There were some experiments made by Galileo about this.

The one that did the most impact was the horse and ball experiment, which is that a man riding a horse would throw a ball up in the air, although all he did was an upward force, the ball would still follow this path and he would be able to catch it as if he was just standing on one spot and throwing it up on the air. This meant that his sideways movement had no effect on the way he was going to catch the ball.

This would prove why we don't feel any of the movement of the earth, because we are accustomed to this speed of movement, the same way that if you are in a car going at the same speed for a while, then you wont be pushed to your seat by the force. Also, this proves why we don't fly backwards when we jump straight up.

As for the dizzy car thing... that only happens to cars making really sharp turns, because the body has to keep on adjusting to the direction and speed changes.

Answer 3

Contrary to what most of these answers assert, we are constantly being accelerated in a circle by the Earth.
Why you don't feel dizzy? Using the car example, think about what it is that makes you dizzy. Is it the speed? If it was, planes would make you much dizzier than cars. In fact, it is acceleration that makes you dizzy. Speeding up, slowing down, turning, basically any changes in your direction and how fast you're going cause dizziness and send our body the sensations that we can "feel." So the fact that the Earth is moving extremely fast is inconsequential. What is important is how quickly we are changing directions. The Earth rotates once every 24 hours! Spin yourself in a circle over the course of 24 hourse... do you feel dizzy? I hope not! Hope that explains it for you.

Answer 4

You can't feel constant motion; you only notice changes in speed or direction. That's why you don't feel the motion of an airplane doing 550 mph, but get thrown against the door of the car if you take a sharp turn at 35. So you can't sense the 1000mph rotation, 66,000 mph revolution around the Sun, or the 500,000 mph revolution around the galactic center. You would be able to feel the rotary motion if it were fast enough, but it's not - the inertial forces involved are very small. Plus, you're not apt to get very dizzy spinning at one revolution per day.

Answer 5

Without using a scientific explanation, think about it logically.

The Earth's gravity is constantly pulling on you. If you get in a speeding car, you are attempting to move while the gravity stays still. If you move fast enough, this could cause you to become dizzy, as the gravity is attempting to stand still and pull you back.

We don't notice the Earth spinning, because the gravity of the Earth is spinning along with us. Thus, the pull that the gravity ensues stays the same. If it were to stay stationary while we and the Earth continued to spin, then the pull on us would fluxuate and constantly change, causing us to notice it.

Again, that's not a scientific explanation, but rather one that is based on logic.

Answer 6

It is because you are rotating(and revolving) alongwith the earth. In fact, you are travelling about 1000miles an hour around the earth axis. Its the same as in a car at 50mph where you are travelling 50mph alongwith the car. Infact, everything in and on the car is travelling at that speed.
You might feel dizzy in a speeding car coz the objects that you pass are very close to you and
feel to pass along quickly whereas if you notice the objects away from you pass along slowly. I dont know if there is anything as close to the earth which might feel to be passing very rapidly and continuously, so as to produce dizzyness.

BTW: very few people get dizzy in a car. More get dizzy in a "merry-go-round". And also, i think you slowly adapt to travelling at higher speeds in a car(so does it mean we adapted ourselves to the earth's motion???).

Answer 7

Inertia!

to the person above me. the earth doesn't rotate slowly. It spins very fast. The earth is 25,000 miles around the equator, and it rotates once every 24 hours, so that would be about 1000 miles per hour.

Answer 8

The earth revolves very slowly. 24 hours for one complete spin on its axis and 365 days is a trip completely around the sun.

Answer 9

Obviously you've either never flown on a commercial aeroplane, or forgotten about it.

There you are at 35,000 feet, with the clouds miles below you, and whizzing along at 550 mph but it FEELS as though you're hanging at rest in the air, or drifting along very very slowly.

So whether we can sense motion, or not, just depends on what surrounds us.

Answer 10

because the earth is flat and the universe is revolving around it, not the other way around...