we would go back in time
If it had always rotated the other way things would probably be similar although the continents might not have identical shapes to what they are now *************************************** When a vehicle suddenly stops, the passengers are thrown forward - it is called momentum. If the earth suddenly reversed its spinning, the momentum of the worlds oceans would surge forward and completely wash over the land.
The earth moves from west to east; it moves eastward. This is why we observe the sun rising in the east. We are moving toward it. From the north, we would see this as a counter-clockwise rotation of the earth on its axis.
4890 west to east 4799 east to west
The Earth rotates on its axis from west to east, causing the appearance of the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. This rotation takes approximately 24 hours to complete, creating day and night cycles on the planet.
The Earth rotates from west to east. This means that when looking down at the North Pole, the Earth is spinning counterclockwise.
The Earth would rotate diagonally.
If it had always rotated the other way things would probably be similar although the continents might not have identical shapes to what they are now *************************************** When a vehicle suddenly stops, the passengers are thrown forward - it is called momentum. If the earth suddenly reversed its spinning, the momentum of the worlds oceans would surge forward and completely wash over the land.
If the earth rotated from east to west at 1 quarter each present rate how would this affect rising and setting of the sun and the lenght of the day?
Nothing much. The rising and setting of the Sun appears to happen because the EARTH is rotating, and we don't really notice much about the SUN spinning. It does, of course, and astronomers track sunspots across the face of the Sun as it spins (when there are sunspots, which there mostly haven't been in the last 3 years or so).
The earth's rotation. Earth rotates east, so the sun 'rises' in the east. Then, when the earth has rotated to where the sun is exiting the angular range we can see it from, the sun "sets", and it becomes night. As far as we know, this occurs every day, but tomOreos, who knows?
This question reminds the present fact that period of revolution of the moon is the same as its period of rotation around the earth. So it shows only one hemispherical face towards the earth. Same way, Hemispherical part of the earth which faces the sun will always face the sun. So the other hemisphere of the earth will always be in the night mode as it does not receive sun's rays.
That would only happen at the equator
If the Earth spun north to south instead of east to west, the day-night cycle would be different, with longer nights and days. This change in rotation could also impact the climate and weather patterns, leading to unforeseen consequences on ecosystems and life on Earth.
well it depends if you live in the west the sun would move to the east and if you live in the east the sun would move to the west
well it depends if you live in the west the sun would move to the east and if you live in the east the sun would move to the west
That would depend on the location on Earth that you were moving west to east along. The movement from west to east can be undertaken anywhere on Earth.
f an east-west mountain range were located on the equator,