imagine you are just suddenly launched from west to east at 1,000 mph (1600 kph), along with all the soil and water around you, and everything touching them.
Edit: Looks like 25,000mph (40,230kph) is the escape velocity for earths gravity, but i wonder how far in the air you would mind up? 1000mph tangent to earth surface has to get you some elevation I assume.
i think everything would collapse toward the core if it all stopped spinning… it would all crunch down to a much tighter, very spherical ball, because the spin is throwing everything outward, in addition to distorting the shape into an oblate form…
Assuming normal rate of gravity applies for that acceleration though right? So you still get flung tangent to earth surface at 1,000mph, but now also the ground is falling at the same rate as you once you start your decent? Wicked. I wonder if you make a complete orbit or not.
well, we’ve already sort of thrown “gravity” out a fucking window with the whole stopping thing… but yeah, i think we just start to spiral inward maybe…
edit: and then i think everything just stops in a big crunch
imagine you are just suddenly launched from west to east at 1,000 mph (1600 kph), along with all the soil and water around you, and everything touching them.
Edit: Looks like 25,000mph (40,230kph) is the escape velocity for earths gravity, but i wonder how far in the air you would mind up? 1000mph tangent to earth surface has to get you some elevation I assume.
I wouldn’t go very far, I’m surrounded by hills.
I don’t know… the boundary layer of air rotating with earth may rag doll you well over a few hills. Assuming the hills don’t shear off.
i think everything would collapse toward the core if it all stopped spinning… it would all crunch down to a much tighter, very spherical ball, because the spin is throwing everything outward, in addition to distorting the shape into an oblate form…
Assuming normal rate of gravity applies for that acceleration though right? So you still get flung tangent to earth surface at 1,000mph, but now also the ground is falling at the same rate as you once you start your decent? Wicked. I wonder if you make a complete orbit or not.
well, we’ve already sort of thrown “gravity” out a fucking window with the whole stopping thing… but yeah, i think we just start to spiral inward maybe…
edit: and then i think everything just stops in a big crunch