Earth. What would happen if the Earth suddenly stopped rotating? Photo: Repubblica Doc
REPUBLIKA KIDS — Hello children… For 24 hours, the earth we live on never stops spinning. The Earth rotates unchanged the way the Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago. But guys, have you ever imagined what would happen if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning?
Quoted by Sputniknews, the Earth takes 23 hours and 56 minutes to complete its rotation and moves at a speed of about 1,100 miles per hour, or 460 meters per second. Huge clouds of gas and dust collapse under their own gravity. When this process occurs, the clouds begin to rotate and the Earth inherits this rotation up to this point and never stops rotating.
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Scientists believe the Earth will stop rotating in 18.5 billion years. To give us an idea of how terrifying it would be if the earth stopped spinning, imagine someone sitting in a car, driving it up to 100 miles per hour, and then crashing into another vehicle without wearing a seatbelt.
Did you imagine it?
This is what will happen to every living creature when the Earth stops rotating. American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson estimates that if the Earth stopped rotating, everything on Earth would fly eastward at a speed of 460 meters per second.
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If the Earth stopped spinning the world would be destroyed…
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2023-12-31 19:07:31
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