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Gravity is an inherent property of matter; it is unrelated to the Earth's rotation.

You may be asking if the centripetal force of the Earth's rotation is significantly counteracting the Earth's gravity. The answer is, "No." If the Earth were not rotating, your apparent weight would be no more than about 5% more than it is.

If the Earth stopped in it's orbit, then we would probably crash into the sun. This would happen because there is gravity and centrifugal force keeping the Earth in orbit. If the centrifugal force stopped, but gravity kept going then we would keep going until we hit something. Just like in space, If something is pushed by a greater force, it keeps going until something bigger stops it. This is Newtons first law of motion.

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What will happen to the different planets which are revolving around the sun if there is no gravity?

If there was suddenly no gravity, the planets would continue to move at the same speed in the current direction they are facing in a straight line until a collision occurs. By the way, if gravity suddenly stopped, the laws of physics would suddenly, drastically change, because gravity is one of the four fundamental interactions.


What would happen to mercury if the sun lost its gravitational pull?

It would drift out into space at a constant speed along the tangent to its orbit when gravity stopped.


What will happen when the force of gravity becomes greater than the other forces acting on a rocket?

It would obviously fall to the ground. However, if you have a rocket which can't overcome gravity, you've got a pretty bad rocket...


What would happen if the force of gravity were to disappear suddenly?

Yes, but we would die first because gravity holds down air (oxygen and nitrogen and other stuff) and if the gravity leaves, then there's no air to breathe. No need to worry. Gravity isn't going anywhere any time soon.


What would happen if earth stopped having tides?

It's kind of pointless to ask what would happen if something that literally cannot possibly happen happened.Tides are a result of gravity. Gravity isn't going away, therefore tides are not going away.Specifically, Earth's tides are primarily a result of the Moon's gravity and the Sun's gravity. Even supposing somehow that the Moon were to be destroyed, there would still be tides (about the size of neap tides) due to the Sun. If the Sun were to suddenly vanish as well, we'd have much bigger problems than worrying about tides.Comment: Tides are caused by differences in gravitational force at different points. So, gravity doesn't need to go away, but differential gravity does.Also, the ocean tides on Earth depend a lot on the effect of the Earth's rotation.So, it's possible they could go away. The Earth's rotation is slowing down, but only very slowly.If the Earth suddenly "magically" had no tides, one obvious effect would be on the creatures that live in and around coastal tidal waters.Ships and ports would be affected too.Also, electrical energy generation based on tidal changes would not work.

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What would be happen if earth suddenly loss a gravity?

we can fly


What will happen if reproduction suddenly stopped?

Every living thing would die out.


What would happen to your weight if the force of gravity on earth suddenly grew stronger?

If the force of gravity on Earth suddenly grew stronger, your weight would increase because weight is a measure of the force of gravity acting on your mass. Your body would feel heavier and you would find it more difficult to move around.


What will happen if planets got out of their orbits?

Planets can't really get out of their orbits because of gravity; if gravity somehow stopped having an effect, the planets would continue in a straight inertial line with inertia from the point at which gravity stopped.


What will happen to the different planets which are revolving around the sun if there is no gravity?

If there was suddenly no gravity, the planets would continue to move at the same speed in the current direction they are facing in a straight line until a collision occurs. By the way, if gravity suddenly stopped, the laws of physics would suddenly, drastically change, because gravity is one of the four fundamental interactions.


What would happen to your behavior if your glia suddenly stopped functioning?

Entire nervous system would not function properly


What would happen if ATP prodution suddenly stopped?

The cell will not be in a position to produce ATP by using the citric acid cycle.


Is there force in space?

No; gravity will continue acting on your body. If there was no force acting on your body while in space (let's say an orbiting satellite), the satellite would fly out of Earth's orbit and just wander off forever, but that doesn't happen - so gravity has to be acting on the satellite and your body as well!


My psp stopped working suddenly?

well maybe the batteries dead (even thought that wouldn't happen) or the things totally buggerd


What would happen if ribosomes suddenly stopped working in a cell?

If ribosomes suddenly stopped working in a cell, protein synthesis would be disrupted, leading to a decrease in the production of essential proteins. This could result in cell dysfunction, impaired growth, and ultimately cell death.


What would happen is the moon stop?

It won't; a moving object has the object to continue moving. If one day the Moon mysteriously and suddenly stopped moving around Earth, it would fall upon the Earth pretty soon (in a few days), due to Earth's gravity.


What is the definition of impulsive?

Acting suddenly without thinking carefully about what might happen because of what you are doing. (OXFORD Advanced Learner's Dictionary)