It’s interesting how some people still believe that the Earth is flat. Don’t get us wrong, everyone is entitled to an opinion. But if you’re fan of facts and science, you know that the Earth is round. But we’re not going to talk about common knowledge here. We’re going to talk about the possibility of an Apocalypse, in case, of course, the Earth stops spinning for 5 seconds.
First of all, the chances of Earth not spinning for 5 seconds are non-existent. Just like any other planet out there, the Earth will die and stop spinning at some point. But we’re far away from that point right now, and there’s no need to panic yet.
But before we move forward, let’s explain why is the Earth rotating in first place?
“Earth has magnetic field with North & South Poles. The axis of rotation is different from the magnetic poles. This difference creates force for the earth to rotate on its axis.”
“The same is the case with all planets in the Solar System. Moon doesn't have Magnetic field; hence it does not rotate on its axis.” - K.Vishwanath.
And now let’s get back to the Apocalypse scenario. There’s a reason why end-of-the-world movies are always a hit. There’re a lot of doomsday scenarios that can easily wipe out life on Earth. Nuclear war, a comet, a meteor…take your pick.
They’re all equally scary, but they’re not equally realistic. Let’s see what happens if the Earth would spot spinning for only 5 seconds.
If the Earth would stop spinning, even for a second, humans will feel like being in a car at 1000 miles per hour that will stop instantly. This means that we will die immediately because no one can survive a crash at the speed of 1000 miles per hour.
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We’re not sure if the 5-second rule will trigger the huge speed of the wind, but if it does it will be painful for all of us. We don’t have numbers, but just imagine how a blast of an atomic bomb looks like. Well, if the Earth stops rotating, the speed of the wind will be faster than a blast of an atomic bomb!
People on planes and living near the poles may survive at first. But the storm that will erupt right after the Earth stops will definitely kill every living human out there.
But another problem that we have to deal with is the disrupted balance. Almost every object on Earth will start flying towards the east with an estimated speed of 800-1000 mph.
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One of the best sci-fi movies in the last few years is without a doubt; Interstellar. The whole crew was amazing, but Matthew McConaughey stole the show. It’s emotional, amazing effects and surprisingly realistic
When someone like Neil deGrasse Tyson is satisfied with the science part of the movie, you know you’re doing the right thing.
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“When you approach a black hole, the black hole is distorting space in its vicinity, and this was captured beautifully. I enjoyed watching the surrounding imagery get distorted. … It’s a sophisticated ray-tracing problem, and if you’re a movie producer and you can get it right, then why not?… At the time of ‘2001,’ the mathematical formulation of black holes was not fully explored, so all they could do was play with space and time dimension without being anchored to actual gravitational physics.” Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter.
But we’re not going to focus on the black hole scene here. We’re going to focus on Miller's planet and the huge wave that looked like a mountain.
If the Earth would stop spinning, the momentum will force water to move at a huge speed that will result in gigantic waves. The effect will be equal to a tsunami, but the good thing is that we won’t be alive to witness any of that.
This will take a longer time, but it will definitely happen. The Moon will slow down at first, and it will eventually fall on Earth. This can be devastating for potential survivors because we all know what happened to dinosaurs after the meteor incident.
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The reason why we have ordinary days is that the Earth rotates the Sun while rotating on its axis as well. But this will no longer be the case, and the survivors (if any) will have to adapt to way longer nights and days.
That’s not really a problem if everything else was normal, but the temperature will change too. From freezing nights to super-hot days, the Earth will no longer support life as we know it.
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Living underground could be a temporary solution. People won’t be able to reside on the surface because of the radiation. But let’s say that the Earth will stop rotating three years from now, are we really prepared to handle this?
We’re definitely not because the only way we could survive this is if we move to another planet, which is far from a reality with the technology we have now.
We shouldn’t worry about doomsday scenarios yet, but rather focus on solving problems that are slowly but surely destroying the Earth. Problems like pollution and climate change that are not yet recognized as a threat by some countries.
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