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yes because inertia balances do not require gravity to opperate. The vibrations (back-and-forth motions) are solely affected by the mass placed on the balance.
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If gravity or inertia stop working what would happen to the earth?
If gravity and Inertia stopped working the planet would fly or float away from he sun and get EXTREMELY cold. And everything will die.
What two factors combine to keep the planets in their orbits?
None do. If the forces on a planet were balanced, then it would take off in a straight line at constant speed, not remain in orbit. The only force acting on a planet is the gravitational one, that attracts the planet toward the sun. Fortunately, that's the only force required to keep the planet in orbit.
Would a spring balance work on the moon?
A spring balance would work on the moon but would first have to be re-calibrated for the moons lower gravity.
Can an automatic wrist watch run in space?
By 'automatic', do you mean self-winding? And do you mean in a state of weightlessness? I believe it would, as long as someone is wearing it. Wrist movements cause a self-winding mechanism to work based on the inertia of the weights within the watch. Inertia is a property of mass, and it does not go away in the absence of gravity. Battery powered and ordinary manually wound watches would also work, I believe.
How does gravity keep objects in motion around the sun?
Gravity, per say, doesn't. It's only a player in the game. With only gravity, things would slowly be sucked into the sun, like a black hole. So that's where the other team, inertia comes in. Inertia is Newton's first law of motion, stating that an object in motion will continue to stay in motion unless another outside force messes with it. And so we have two major forces, gravity and inertia, pushing on one another. Neither win, and as gravity wants to pull into itself and inertia wants to fly away in a straight line, we get a circular path for the object that most call, an orbit.
If the moon did not have inertia as it travled around the earthwhat would happen?
If the moon suddenly decided to stop pusing forward (inertia), the balance between inertia and the earths gravity would cease and the moon would come crashing into us. :)
Are you saying inertia is a source of gravity?
Gravity is related to masses. Inertia is simply another effect of masses. I would say that the mass is the source, both for gravity and for inertia. The basic unit, however, is the mass.Gravity is related to masses. Inertia is simply another effect of masses. I would say that the mass is the source, both for gravity and for inertia. The basic unit, however, is the mass.Gravity is related to masses. Inertia is simply another effect of masses. I would say that the mass is the source, both for gravity and for inertia. The basic unit, however, is the mass.Gravity is related to masses. Inertia is simply another effect of masses. I would say that the mass is the source, both for gravity and for inertia. The basic unit, however, is the mass.
How would zero gravity affect inertia?
Zero gravity does not affect inertia. The inertia of an object is an inherent property of the object and is directly proportional to the object's mass.
What would happen if earth didn't have gravity?
If the earth had no gravity it follows that gravity would be absent from any mass. In the absence of gravity life would not exist.
If gravity or inertia stop working what would happen to the earth?
If gravity and Inertia stopped working the planet would fly or float away from he sun and get EXTREMELY cold. And everything will die.
What can upset the balance between gravity and pressure in a nebular?
You used the term nebular. I take it you mean a galaxy. There would not be a balance between gravity and pressure. There would be a balance between gravity and centrifugal force.
What force is responsible for the orbit of the planet in the solar system?
That would be gravity and inertia.
Why is mass a useful property?
Mass has two significant consequences, which are gravity and inertia. Without gravity we would have no planets or stars, since interstellar gas clouds would never condense. And without inertia, it would be really hard to play tennis.
What would happen to a car if there was no gravity or air?
If no gravity or air existed the car would never have been invented. It will not work in the absence of either.
Inertia is the reluctance of a body to exchange its situation of stillness or motion. How could inertia send the planets sailing through the galaxy against the gravity of the sun?
Inertia cannot send the planets sailing off through the galaxy as long is the sun's gravity is acting on them. Only if the sun's gravity suddenly disappeared would this happen. The pull of the Sun's gravity is the only force keeping the planets from heading off alone through the galaxy. The planets' inertia keeps the Sun's gravity from pulling them into the Sun at the center of the solar system.It's a nice balance, and it has been going on for about 4 billion years since the solar system formed from the dust and gas scattered through this region of interstellar space.
What two motions combine to produce an orbit?
gravity and acceleration
What would happen if only inertia as only acting on earth?
If only inertia were acting on Earth, the planet would continue in its current state of motion in a straight line at a constant speed. It would not experience any acceleration or changes in direction. The absence of other forces, such as gravity, would cause Earth to move in a linear motion indefinitely until acted upon by an external force.
