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Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Andromerius
If the world stopped spinning a day would last six months.
Gravity has nothing to do with the spinning of the Earth. But if gravity stopped we would float into space with the first step we took.
Originally posted by Andromerius
Hi, a thought just occurred to me that might actually explain a great many things about our planet. I am no expert in such fields so i have a question: What would happen to the world (crust, seas, etc...) if the world stopped spinning for a day and we were without gravity for that time?
Thank you,
Androedit on 17-12-2012 by Andromerius because: (no reason given)
The Moon does rotate. I completes one rotation in the time it takes to orbit the Earth.
The moon does not spin but it has gravity.
The only thing that could stop the Earth from spinning is an impact by a very large object (planet sized) at just the right angle. But, if an object that size hit Earth there wouldn't be much left of it anyway.
Still, i think between the earth not spinning and not having gravity, the first one would be more likely to happen, no?
No.
Could it be explanation for the sudden crust displacement theory? Or the building of gigantic buildings we don't know today how they were built? What about the theory that people were taller then they are today? Can it be affected by gravity along the millenia?
Originally posted by RocksFromSpace
Originally posted by Andromerius
Hi, a thought just occurred to me that might actually explain a great many things about our planet. I am no expert in such fields so i have a question: What would happen to the world (crust, seas, etc...) if the world stopped spinning for a day and we were without gravity for that time?
Thank you,
Androedit on 17-12-2012 by Andromerius because: (no reason given)
The Earth can stop spinning but we would still rotate around the Sun, Which Rotates around Alcyone, Which rotates around Sirius, Which rotates around the Galactic Center... We rotate around the Sun in a Helical orbit not a flat orbit, the Sun drags the planets along as it moves around Alcyone like a comet drags long it's debris field.. Just FYI info
It can't stop spinning.
Yes, i knew that already of course, but what i am saying is, what if it stopped spinning on itself just like the Moon. Remember that the same face of the moon ALWAYS faces earth. In this case, the same are of our planet would always face the sun.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Andromerius
It can't stop spinning.
Yes, i knew that already of course, but what i am saying is, what if it stopped spinning on itself just like the Moon. Remember that the same face of the moon ALWAYS faces earth. In this case, the same are of our planet would always face the sun.
The Moon did not stop spinning. It rotates with the same period at which it orbits the Earth. This is because it is tidally locked to the Earth. The Earth is too far from the Sun to become tidally locked to it.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Andromerius
It can't stop spinning.
Yes, i knew that already of course, but what i am saying is, what if it stopped spinning on itself just like the Moon. Remember that the same face of the moon ALWAYS faces earth. In this case, the same are of our planet would always face the sun.
The Moon did not stop spinning. It rotates with the same period at which it orbits the Earth. This is because it is tidally locked to the Earth. The Earth is too far from the Sun to become tidally locked to it.
Also:
The Sun does not rotate (or orbit) around Alcyone. Alcyone does not rotate (or orbit) around Sirius. The Sun does not drag the planets like a comet drags its debris field because comets do not drag a debris field.edit on 12/17/2012 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by weavybaby
if the earth stopped spinning, the heat would build up on the side exposed to the sunlight.. and the other side would begin to cool. which could cause some upheavel, but more than likely kill us off first due to the extremes.
it could be an explanation to saying 3 days of darkness.. the people who prophesised that probably were stuck on the dark side.
tho honestly i would like to think perhaps that the moon comes into some odd once in a so many thousand year cycle stops infront of the sun for 3 days and leaves us in darkness.
gravity is not related to spinning, its the mass of the object.. vs distance from other objects. of equal or higher mass.
it would be more a case of if we stopped spinning our magnetic field would fail, our ozone would collapse. our air would be ionized by gamma rays, and thus the end of life. unless you somehow *survive* until the earth restarts.. and rebuilds itself.
What would happen to the world (crust, seas, etc...) if the world stopped spinning