Does the Earth spin so fast you cant feel it?

Answer 1

Yes, the Earth spins on its axis at a speed of approximately 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 kilometers per hour) at the equator. However, we do not feel this speed because the Earth's rotation is constant and we are moving with it. It's similar to being on a airplane that is flying at a constant speed - you don't feel the speed of the airplane because you are moving with it.

However, we can still observe the effects of the Earth's rotation, such as the changing position of the sun and stars in the sky, the Coriolis effect on weather patterns, and the flattening of the Earth at the poles and bulging at the equator due to centrifugal force.

Answer 2

Interestingly, MOST things in our solar system spin that way; counter-clockwise as seen from a location high above the north pole. All the planets orbit that way; most of the planets SPIN that way. (Venus hardly spins at all, but is backwards, while Neptune's spin axis is nearly parallel to the ecliptic.) So does the Sun itself.

We can't be certain as to the cause, but it seems likely that the original nebula that collapsed to form the Sun and our solar system was spinning that way, and that the physical law of "conservation of angular momentum" kept everything moving that way.

I suspect that when we visit other solar systems, we will find that everything in a solar system spins the same direction, but that on average, their spins will be sort-of evenly distributed.

Answer 3

If you're suspended above the north pole looking down at the earth,

you see it spinning counterclockwise.

If you're suspended above the south pole looking down at the earth,

you see it spinning clockwise.

The majority of objects in the solar system all revolve and rotate in the

same direction, which kind of suggests that it's the direction in which the

primordial dust cloud from which much of the solar system aggregated

was initially spinning.

Answer 4

This is residual spin from its formation, including the collision with a mars-sized object that created the Moon.

Because of the effect of tidal friction, the Earth is slowing its rotation by roughly one second per year or so [leap-second], and this same energy couple is making the moon move further away.

Answer 5

This is a very good question! In simplistic terms all the planets and the Sun are spinning probably because the cloud of gas we formed from was in motion to begin with albeit probably very slowly.
If you've ever watched a skater on the ice spinning when they pull in their arms they spin faster. This is to do with angular momentum. As the gas/dust cloud started to collapse then it too will have started to spin faster. Each 'clump' in this cloud which was to become a planet (or the big one in the centre the Sun) would each be spinning. As there is virtually no external forces to stop this spinning we are still doing it today.

Answer 6

We don't feel the earth spinning because we are moving at the same speed. When you are in a train, car, or aeroplane it can be hard to "feel" if you are moving, you can feel if you speed up, or slow down, but at a steady speed you don't feel the movement.

It is the same with the Earth, we don't feel the movement because we are moving at the same speed, the air around us is moving at (roughly) the same speed, so we have the illusion of standing still.

Answer 7

if earth didnt spin 'so fast' we wuld fall into space and die quite a simple reason really

Answer 8

At the equator the earth is 'spinning' at approximately 1,000 mph

Answer 9

earth sp[ins because of the gravitational pull of the sun and the rotational pull of the moon

Answer 10

The Earth spins once every 23 hours and 56 minutes; the speed at the equator is about 1600 kilometers per hour. You decide for yourself whether you consider this "really fast" or not...