Question

according to newton's law, in which direction would the earth move if the sun suddenly disappeared?

Answer 1

Without the gravity of the sun to hold us in orbit, we would follow Newton's laws of motion and fly off in a straight line. It would be like swinging a rock in a circle on a string and the string breaking.

Answer 2

but the moon is still there

Answer 3

the moon is not the same as the sun it's going around us it would just follow

Answer 4

so if the sun does disappeared we're dead

Answer 5

let just say that the sun, earth n moon... all has its own gravitational force... n according to the newton's law.. the sun n the moon goes around the earth in anti clockwise... now that the sun has disappeared... which direction will the earth go... ??? does the earth go in a straight line away from where the sun used to be or towards the sun /??

Answer 6

well i'm gonna go bye

Answer 7

It would move tangent to its circular path

Answer 8

haha... is my question hard to understand??

Answer 9

thanks megan...

Answer 10

which, gamma ray or infrared, would move faster through a vacuum??

Answer 11

At first the effect on earth after 8 minute because earth is 8 light minute away from the sun and Gravitational wave not faster than light
According to newtons law the earth throw away into space away from the suns position
But according to relativity the earth moves straight path in space from that point.

Answer 12

so r u trying to say that the earth will move in a straight line along a tangent to its nearly circular orbit of off into space in a random direction?

Answer 13

sorry not of but or off into space in a random direction?

Answer 14

Yes ladyjuda 13

Answer 15

It would be like swinging a rock in a circle on a string and the string breaking.

Answer 16

For Earth-moon system, disappearance of Sun would have the center of mass of the system fly off tangentially, and the two bodies would still orbit their center of mass while c.m. flew a straight line. Conservation of linear and angular momentum.