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cj
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OK,
Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation tells me the magnitude of the force I feel here on the surface of the Earth. I know the direction is towards the center of the Earth.
I know g = G x Mass-of-Earth / r^2.
Neglecting all the other ramifications, if the Earth stopped spinning...
...would I still be able to walk around as before?
...would there be no difference in the gravity I experience (would I "weigh" the same?)?
Is there really no effect I would notice as a result of the absence of the my centripetal acceleration (since I'm no longer spinning around, because the Earth is no longer spinning around)?
What do you think?
Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation tells me the magnitude of the force I feel here on the surface of the Earth. I know the direction is towards the center of the Earth.
I know g = G x Mass-of-Earth / r^2.
Neglecting all the other ramifications, if the Earth stopped spinning...
...would I still be able to walk around as before?
...would there be no difference in the gravity I experience (would I "weigh" the same?)?
Is there really no effect I would notice as a result of the absence of the my centripetal acceleration (since I'm no longer spinning around, because the Earth is no longer spinning around)?
What do you think?