What happens if the earth moved slowly on it axis?

Answer 1

Days would be longer depending on the amount of slowing down, but still with the same proportions of daylight and night time as presently. The year would be the same absolute length, but there would be fewer days in a year because the days would be longer.

Answer 2

Plants and animals would adjust to the new day lengths. Daytime high temperatures would be higher, and nightime low temperatures would be lower. Interestingly, ever later generations of our decendants will enjoy days that are 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and eventually even 30 hours day (though it may take a billion or so years to reach days this long... so don't get your hopes up yet). This will occur because Earth's rotation is slowing down (at a very slow rate). This is due to tidal interactions between the Earth and the Moon. As a consequence, equivalent opposing forces cause the moon to speed up in its ORBIT. However, the Moon will not survive long enough to see itself escape Earth's orbit, because our Sun will have already swallowed both the Earth and Moon before its solar death.

Answer 3

All the other planets, stars and all celestial bodies would move slower as well, because the universal machine was planned to work perfectly organized. Large bodies attract smaller ones which attract the smallest ones, and large bodies are attracted by the largest ones. The Celestial Orchestra has a perfect Conductor.

Answer 4

It firstly depends how slow,as slower it rotates bigger the difference of daily temperatures especially around Equator,where most of the cyclones are formed.

Always slower rotation would mean the cyclones of unprecedented strengths and unpredictability.

Answer 5

If earth rotated on its axis more slowly, the night/day cycle would take longer.

Answer 6

Well, the days and nights would all be out of whack, so, changes in sleep patterns would result.

Answer 7

The day would shorten- night would come faster and day would come faster.

Answer 8

the people on the earth would be very cold! days would l;ast longer and we would get more sunshine! and longer night time!

Answer 9

Days would be longer and nights too; the cooling at night and the heating during the day would make for greater temperature extremes all over the world.

Answer 10

It would go twice as fast.