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Re: If the earth stopped spinning suddenly... [message #245437 is a reply to message #245407] Fri, 16 February 2007 02:20 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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icedog90 wrote on Thu, 15 February 2007 20:55

What happens if you spin incredibly fast? I kind of always wondered and have never bothered to look it up.



That depends, are we talking centrifugal, or fixed spinning?

1: If you were being held by your feet and being spun faster and faster, you'd rip apart and be hollowed-out.

2: If you were standing on the center plate of a merry-go-round, you would eventually skid further and further to one side (remember entropy) until you left the axis and flew off in a random direction.
 
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