If the earth did not spin what would happen?

Answer 1

The question as stated is nearly impossible to answer; no axis would mean no spin at all, from any perspective. It might be better to think of the question this way: What would happen in the earth's axis were not as stable as it currently is? The moon plays an important role in maintaining the stability of the axis, and this goes a long way (so far) to keep the seasons happening, and to keep the poles from tilting over so far that the sun can do major damage to the ice caps. Without a moon, the axis would become unstable, and the seasons and the stability of the ice caps would go haywire. Had earth not paired up with her satelite, it is quite possible that she would never have been able to sustain life as we know it.

Answer 2

If the Earth suddenly stopped spinning, everything on its surface, including the atmosphere and oceans, would continue to move at the same speed. This would result in devastating winds and weather patterns, potentially causing catastrophic events due to the sudden change in momentum. The lack of rotation would also lead to extreme temperature variations between day and night.

Answer 3

If the earth didn't rotate, then the time between one sunrise and the next one would be 365.25 days (a year).

It's probably accurate to suspect that with nominally 6-month periods of light and dark everywhere, life on earth would be impossible.

Answer 4

If the Earth was not spinning AT ALL, then the day would be the same length as the year. The Sun's heat would all be on the daylight side, and the night side would be very cold. Life might not be possible under those conditions, or at least it would be very different than it is now.

Answer 5

If the Earth did not rotate it would be void of any life, one side would be a waterless desert the other side would be a frozen wasteland.

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The first answer describes a scenario of a planet that rotates at the same rate that it orbits, like the way Earth's moon rotates at the same rate that it orbits Earth. If Earth didn't rotate, a day would be the same length as a year, like at the poles of Uranus.

Answer 6

-- Daylight would be 6 months long, and it would get much hotter during the day.

-- Night-time darkness would also be 6 months long, and it would get much colder

during the night.

-- Weather systems would not circulate. Winds would blow straight into

low-pressure centers, and straight out of centers of high pressure.

-- The plane of the Foucault pendulum's oscillation would not rotate.

Also, the Earth's magnetic field would probably disappear and the ocean tides

would (more or less) disappear too.

Answer 7

If the earth was not rotating the side facing the sun would become incredibly hot and the far side would be permanently subzero cold.

Answer 8

Gravity is created by the mass of the earth not by it's spin, in fact the earths rotation causes us to feel slightly less gravity compared to if it wasn't spinning.

Answer 9

Other things being equal, the Sun would rise and set once a year.

Answer 10

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