Can you see the earth spinning in space?

Answer 1

Yes, but it wouldn't be obvious. Everything is always moving; the Earth spins, the Moon orbits, the satellites move, and if you are in a spaceship, you are under the influence of the gravity of the Earth, Moon, Sun, and everything else (although in the solar system near Earth, nothing else has much of an impact).

So if you are in the International Space Station, you will certainly notice that your view of the Earth is changing - because the ISS orbits the Earth every 90 minutes or so. The ISS orbits in a mostly circular orbit, but the Earth is turning underneath it, so each orbit is over a different path over the Earth.

From the Moon, the Earth will look about 4 times larger than the Moon does in our sky, so if you look up at the Earth, you will be able to notice it turning, once every 25 hours. (The Earth rotates in 24 hours, but in that time, the Moon has been moving, too.)

Answer 2

If you were too far away, you wouldn't be able to see the markings on the earth, so you wouldn't

know that it's spinning.

Venus and Mars are too far away to see these earth-markings without a business-size telescope.

But the spinning of the earth can be seen plainly from the moon.

Answer 3

There may be proper scientific answers to this but here goes:

During the day, the sun appears to move from left (east) to right (west). During the night, stars appear to do the same. This effect, of course, is caused by the Earth's rotation. Try it yourself - stand up, look at an object, and move slowly from right to left - your object appears to move from left to right, just as the sun does.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

No, from the vantage point of space, the Earth appears to be still due to its large size and slow rotation speed. It is only when observing over a longer period of time that the planet's movement becomes noticeable.

Answer 5

No.not staying in the earth but in space we can see and through telescope.