🌎🌀 Earth makes one complete rotation on its axis every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09053 seconds But what if it came to a screeching halt?
Earth is steadily spinning like a top, even if we can't see, touch, hear or feel it. So, what would happen if Earth were to abruptly stop rotating?
"This is just a thought experiment," said James Zimbelman, senior geologist emeritus at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C."There is no natural force that would stop the Earth from spinning. That is part of why the planet has been spinning since it formed, which is pretty impressive."Put a spin on itEarth makes one complete rotation on its axis every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09053 seconds.
"One of the fundamentals of physics is the conservation of angular momentum," Zimbelman told Live Science."Once something is spinning, you have to exert the same force [in the opposite direction] to stop it from spinning."Regroup, reform, accreteAccording to Zimbelman, the bits and pieces that broke away from the surface would regain some spin as Earth and its remnants continued on their path around the sun.
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