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What Happens If Earth Stop Spinning?

Published Oct 3, 2021
4 mins read
789 words

When Earth starts spinning?    

     Right from the time when the earth is created, Earth 🌎 has also started to rotate itself. From the nebula's cloud of gases, dust particles, to different states of matter have joined together by the force of attraction. Because of gravity, there is a force of attraction between any two objects in space. Likewise, with the force of gravity, the pressure increases due to the rotation and form the disc-like structure and as a result of this, the planets are being formed. Likewise, right from the formation of the earth, rotation is there, but as time goes on the speed of rotation started to slow down. Initially, Earth's rotation may have been 4 to 5 hours, then gradually the time got increased to 24 hours. To be accurate, the time duration of one day is 23 hours 56 minutes 4.09053 seconds. This time is gradually decreasing in a very minor level. We find these timings accurately using the atomic clock based on the concept of atoms. The timing of this clock is more accurate. We found the time of a day using this clock. In the last 100 years, it is being calculated that our earth rotation time has been decreased by 1.7 milliseconds.

 WHAT HAPPENS EARTH STOP SPINNING?

                            the first question is, how the earth is rotating without being stopped? To put it simply, it's because of inertia. Until an external force is applied on earth, then its rotation is unstopped. For example, a gyrotop stops spinning at some point due to the force of gravity. likewise in space, there is no friction for the earth.  So, until an external force is applied on earth, then its rotation is unstopped. The main reason for the decreasing of the earth's rotation time by 1.7 milliseconds is due to the force of attraction caused by the sun and the moon. One day Earth will gradually slow down and stops rotating, but what if the Earth stops rotating all of a sudden? The earth's rotation at the equator is about 1670km/hr. This speed is more than that of the speed of sound. The speed of sound is 1225km/hr. Which direction does the earth does rotate is it clockwise or counter-clockwise? then the answer would be "it's up to your perspective". But generally, we have to look at the North pole,  So from that perspective, it is counter-clockwise, that is from west to east.  

The probability of Earth stopping its rotation all of a sudden is zero. This probability is the same for the next millions of years. Even if it happens after disproving the probability, then the first thing is we all will be thrown towards the east side. The reason is very simple. What happens when a sudden brake is applied to a car in which you are going? You will be thrown towards the direction in which you are going Similarly, our earth is being rotated in the direction towards the east when stopped suddenly. We will be thrown off like a bullet at a very great speed in space. Not only human beings but also vehicles, mountains, trees, buildings, etc., Will also be thrown off Earthquakes may occur and because of it tsunami also occur. The height of the tides might be around 6 to 8km. Seawater will move away from the equator to poles. Even though Earth stops to rotate the atmosphere around it won't stop, because of this huge cyclones may occur and cause a huge apocalypse. Like the atmosphere still rotating. This may cause the continental plates to move and make volcanic eruptions. Even after these destructions, Earth is still rotating the Sun, because of this, there will be 6 months of very cold winter and 6 months of very hot summer.

In the region of twilight where the summer and winter meet, there is a chance for living organisms to survive, that have been escaped from the apocalypse other than this, all the water in the summer side of the earth will get evaporated soon and other side snow will be formed. Both sides will become unfit for living. Only in the twilight zone, some organisms can survive that too for some time. But in the twilight zone too, there is very less probability of survival is because, the rotation of the earth has only created a magnetic field, which was so far protecting us from the cosmic rays from the sun. So when there is no rotation, then there would be no magnetic field, because of this may cosmic rays attack us. Likewise many high energetic particles attack the earth continuously and make the earth unfit to live.  

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