if earth stops rotating,what's going to happen?

Answer 1

imminent death!

actually one side of the planet would probably increase in temp to at least 250 degrees F.


the other side would drop to a chilling -300 degrees F.

the temperature would probably raise a little more than that due to our atmosphere trapping in heat.

also if we stopped spinning so would our molten core, thusly, not causing an electromagnetic field anymore.

with out that we would not be protected from the charged particles the sun kicks out. our atmosphere would become the main target and would probably be blown into space by the solar winds like dust in the wind.

with no atmosphere, I believe the pressure would drop so much that the water on earth would boil at a much lower temp and would evaporate into the air then be taken away by the solar winds too. on the cold side it might freeze and never unfreeze, this includes snow. finally we would loose all moisture.

earth would turn into the likes of Mars with temperatures like that of the moon

Answer 2

The earth just will not stop rotating someday. If it did, mayhem would ensue. Oceans sloshing over the land, buildings falling down, earthquakes, etc. But it is slowing down ever so gradually due to tidal action. The energy that drags ocean water into and out of every bay and estuary on the planet is subtracted from the rotational kinetic energy of our planet. Over the eons, days will become longer. If you want more time in your day and can hang around long enough, some day you can enjoy a 25-hour day. After more time passes, the earth's rotation will match the speed of the moon's orbit around earth and days will become about 700 hours long.

Answer 3

There will be six months day, and six months night. The day/night effect closer to the poles will be less noticable, because rotation allready plays little role in wether it's day or night there.

One half of each hemisphere will only have a low lying winter sun when it's "day" for them, while their antipoles will allways have a summer sun, during their six months of day. In both cases the extremity of the situation will kill off remaining life, though we probably won't be around long enough to die of that particular cause.

We won't "fall off". Earth's gravity has got nothing to do with the rotation, and the effect of gravity is, in fact, very slightly lessened by it. If it stopped suddenly, the momentum is still not enough to through us into space, though our inertia might injure and kill us. Huge surface winds and tidal waves will finish off the rest of us.

ps: To everybody going on about "it's not going to happen" you miss the point of the question. This is a "what if - what would" question. Besides, it is possible (allthough not probable) for a large celestial body hitting the earth at an angle, to affect it's rototation in a number of possible ways, including speeding it up, shifting the axis of rotation, reversing it, and everything inbetween.

Answer 4

Physicists will be burning all the scientific papers produced over the past few hundred years, then they will take up basket weaving, because it would be obvious that physics was all nonsense.

The Earth is not going to stop rotating at any time in the next few billion years. It might slow down. And the Moon is not going to explode either.

Answer 5

Why is this question so frequently asked? Is there someone out there misinforming the public about the possibility of this happening? There is no possibility AT ALL that the Earth will stop rotating. No matter what celestial event occurs, it will NOT stop the Earth's rotation. So stop worrying about it.

Answer 6

If it stopped suddenly, we would all go flying I think.
It the event that we don't go wheeee,
the lack of rotation would reduce the livable area of earth by at least %80. It is the spinning of the earth that cycles the air and water currents, that distribute the suns energy from the equator to the poles.
Also, I'm sure it would screw up the magnetic field that keeps out radiation and solar flares. Cosmic radiation attack!!!

Answer 7

This is a technical answer.. If you are expecting a witty answer then this is not the answer...

It will move in an exactly tangential path from the point it stops rotating and will move towards the sun and will hit anything that comes in between because of the centripetal force of the sun. Previously it was balanced by the centrifugal force which acted because of the movement of the earth which is now gone.

Answer 8

How fast will it stop. Right now, it is moving over 1000 mph. If it stopped instantly, I will guess there would be few survivors when they hit the wall of the building they are in at 1000 mph. Those outside would suddenly be thrown over and be dragged along the street or road at a similar speed. It would be messy.

Ocens would slosh over lands.

Then, it would get hot on one side of the planet and cold on the other.

Now, that I think about it. I hope it doesn't happen.

Answer 9

if the earth will stop rotating there would be night in the the northern or southern hemisphere opposite to the sun snd the day in the hemisphere facing the sun.always and there would end of life on earth

Answer 10

Half of the people will die of exposure of extreme heat. other half will die of extreme cold. The day and night will never change.
Reminds me of The greek legend, where Pluto, God of Underworld , King of Darkness,abducts Proserpina, mother earth's daughter. so mother earth stops day and night. There is darkness for six months. Nothing grows on earth. Mother Earth sits with a torch. Finally King Pluto relents and returns Proserpina. There is light and happiness and prosparity on earth again.