and if so how high would we fly off
2007-12-19 14:20:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
No. At the equator you are traveling over 1000 mph. This is not fast enough to reach escape velocity which is about 26000 mph.
If this were to happen though, you would probably killed since you would be flung to the east at 1000+ mph.
2007-12-19 14:30:05 · answer #1 · answered by sparkyboy444 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but we'd probably fall down. Although we're not glued to the surface, we're part of the Earth's mass, and for the mass to stop, we'd have to stop. We might tumble a bit, a few broken bones. Buildings might be wrecked. Giant waves sloshing toward the seaboards, back and forth across the oceans. But that's not all! The seasons would be wrecked, with half the world in darkness 6 months a year. The magnetosphere would fade and we'd be bathed in solar radiation like the moon, softened only by our onionskin atmosphere. It wouldn't be pretty- ocean currents would slow or stop, ice would clog everything on the dark side, unbearable heat and storms on the sun side. Beam me outta here, Scotty!
2007-12-19 14:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas E 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't whatever stopped the Earth stop us just as effectively, since our mass would count as part of the Earth's mass?
You also have to think of the energy involved in stopping the Earth. All that kenetic energy from the Earths's rotation would have to go somewhere, probably turning into heat. Most likely you would just instantly vaporize.
2007-12-19 15:48:33 · answer #3 · answered by Now and Then Comes a Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but you would be splattered like a bug on a windshield against the nearest thing standing
2007-12-19 14:45:24 · answer #4 · answered by azuzathebad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋