Yes, it would keep rotating and revolving...teddy..jimmy wrote:
So, Ive been thinking and unfortunatly my crappy Physics education failed me in answering this question.
If an event was organised in which every single human being jumped at the same time at about the same height, do you think the earth would move?
Then you would have to take into account this; a man standing in oslo at so and so latitude/longtitude would only have the jump cancelled if there was another man jumping in line with the man in Oslo.Schwarzelungen wrote:
nope.
i like being a smartass so heres my explaination
earth=round (or close enough) , so if everyone jumped at precisely the same time and height, east and west would cancel out and nothing would happen.
in reality...couldnt happen anyway
Nice logic.ghettoperson wrote:
If everyone was standing on the same spot it would.
How cool would that be...!!ghettoperson wrote:
If everyone was standing on the same spot it would.
i dont think you could get that deep in the first place without the thing digging turn to dust with all the rock and what not or collapsing on itself due to the pressure. and the magma. the earth has got a gooey center.DesertFox- wrote:
How about this melon scratcher then:
Say we dig a hole a mile in diameter all the way straight through the center of the earth. What happens if you throw something down the hole?
Once you pass the center of earth you are technically defying gravity on the other side, so my guess is that it would probably just get itself stuck in the center of earth.
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true. and since this wont happen with every location in the world there will be more force generated at some points than at others...teddy..jimmy wrote:
Then you would have to take into account this; a man standing in oslo at so and so latitude/longtitude would only have the jump cancelled if there was another man jumping in line with the man in Oslo.Schwarzelungen wrote:
nope.
i like being a smartass so heres my explaination
earth=round (or close enough) , so if everyone jumped at precisely the same time and height, east and west would cancel out and nothing would happen.
in reality...couldnt happen anyway
Well, if they were all fat, they couldn't jump very well, now could they?GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
no. the earth's rotation isnt effected by the power of hurricanes, earthquakes or nuclear blasts. the weight of 6 billion people wont do anything. even if theyre all fat
Well, I guess it would eventually, but before that it would bounce back and forth.DesertFox- wrote:
How about this melon scratcher then:
Say we dig a hole a mile in diameter all the way straight through the center of the earth. What happens if you throw something down the hole?
Once you pass the center of earth you are technically defying gravity on the other side, so my guess is that it would probably just get itself stuck in the center of earth.
Unless you were to launch it with enough force to escape Earth's gravity.ghettoperson wrote:
Well, I guess it would eventually, but before that it would bounce back and forth.DesertFox- wrote:
How about this melon scratcher then:
Say we dig a hole a mile in diameter all the way straight through the center of the earth. What happens if you throw something down the hole?
Once you pass the center of earth you are technically defying gravity on the other side, so my guess is that it would probably just get itself stuck in the center of earth.
Supposedly the entire worlds population should be able to stand shoulder to shoulder on the Isle of White.liquidat0r wrote:
Nice logic.ghettoperson wrote:
If everyone was standing on the same spot it would.
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But where?..teddy..jimmy wrote:
So, Ive been thinking and unfortunatly my crappy Physics education failed me in answering this question.
If an event was organised in which every single human being jumped at the same time at about the same height, do you think the earth would move?
...The center of the earth is magma. Hot magma. It would disintegrate before it even got close...KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Unless you were to launch it with enough force to escape Earth's gravity.ghettoperson wrote:
Well, I guess it would eventually, but before that it would bounce back and forth.DesertFox- wrote:
How about this melon scratcher then:
Say we dig a hole a mile in diameter all the way straight through the center of the earth. What happens if you throw something down the hole?
Once you pass the center of earth you are technically defying gravity on the other side, so my guess is that it would probably just get itself stuck in the center of earth.
5,000 degrees celcius hot.Jello.01 wrote:
...The center of the earth is magma. Hot magma. It would disintegrate before it even got close...KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Unless you were to launch it with enough force to escape Earth's gravity.ghettoperson wrote:
Well, I guess it would eventually, but before that it would bounce back and forth.
Um no, but on an unrelated note the earth is slowing down because of the gravitational effects frrom the moon in the opposite direction of the spin. In a few mellinia earth will have 36 hour days. Just wanted to spread the word..teddy..jimmy wrote:
So, Ive been thinking and unfortunatly my crappy Physics education failed me in answering this question.
If an event was organised in which every single human being jumped at the same time at about the same height, do you think the earth would move?
Thats what happens it goes back and forth from the original force to be cuts down by 9.8m/s from the gravitational pull from the center of the earth. Once its stopped you will find it settled in the center of the earth.ghettoperson wrote:
Well, I guess it would eventually, but before that it would bounce back and forth.DesertFox- wrote:
How about this melon scratcher then:
Say we dig a hole a mile in diameter all the way straight through the center of the earth. What happens if you throw something down the hole?
Once you pass the center of earth you are technically defying gravity on the other side, so my guess is that it would probably just get itself stuck in the center of earth.