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How fast would Earth have to spin for all of us to be launched off into space?

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  • 5 months ago
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    The surface would have to move at orbital speed of 17500 miles per hour. Earth would have to rotate once ever 90 minutes I stead of 24 hours. If this was the case, we would be weightless on the surface. Any faster, and the matter that earth is made of would fly off into space. The planet would fall apart. 

  • 5 months ago

    hahahaahahhahaha  that would be awesome...lmao

  • Anonymous
    5 months ago

    USA today                    

  • 5 months ago

    Well, it would depend on your latitude. At the equator, if earth surface velocity got near 17.000 MPH, you would go weightless. Faster would be negative G and you would be thrown off the surface. Now consider gravity, you would follow a trajectory not unlike throwing a ball into the air. Hit earth, the process repeats.

    At the poles, days would be like 85 minutes, maybe get dizzy.

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  • 5 months ago

    In addition to the two good answers already posted, one must also take into account the drag from the atmosphere, in slowing down any objects flung off of the Earth.

    In reality, no people or objects could land on such a body's surface, and it's debatable whether such a body could stay intact with such an insane amount of rotational spin.

  • 5 months ago

    centrifugal force would have to be greater than weight

    mg = mrω²

    ω = √(g/r) = √(9.8/6.37e6) = 0.00124 rad/s

    0.00124 rad/s x 1 rev/2π rad = 0.0001974 rev/s

    or 5066 sec/rev

    or 1.41 hr/rev

    or

    earth circum. is 40,000 km = 1 rev

    40,000 km/rev x 0.0001974 rev/s = 7.90 km/s

    earth radius    6,371 km = 6.37e6 meters

    Centripetal force f = mV²/r = mrω²   ω is angular velocity in radians/sec        1 radian/sec = 9.55 rev/min   m is mass in kg   r is radius of circle in meters   V is the tangental velocity in m/s = ωr   f is in Newtons

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