Question

why does the earth rotate

Answer 1

Gravity I think,

Answer 2

well there is no proof that the earth rotates

Answer 3

^

Answer 4

What if the earth isn't rotating and whatever is around the earth is whats really rotating

Answer 5

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Laylalyssa
well there is no proof that the earth rotates
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then how does it spin

Answer 6

how do you know it's spinning ?

Answer 7

"The Earth keeps spinning because it was born spinning," Luhman said.

Answer 8

so it was given birth ?

Answer 9

idk

Answer 10

Since gravity pulls inward from all directions equally, the amorphous clump, if massive enough, will eventually become a round planet. Inertia then keeps that planet spinning on its axis unless something occurs to disturb it. "The Earth keeps spinning because it was born spinning," Luhman said.


Also they thik the earth was made from other planets/stuff smashing into eachother and gravity

Answer 11

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Laylalyssa
What if the earth isn't rotating and whatever is around the earth is whats really rotating
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what logic?

Answer 12

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @supie
Gravity I think,
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can u elaborate?

Answer 13

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @darkknight
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Laylalyssa
What if the earth isn't rotating and whatever is around the earth is whats really rotating
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what logic?
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uh that was actually diproven by gallelaoe. but people did think that back then

Answer 14

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @AddyM
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @darkknight
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Laylalyssa
What if the earth isn't rotating and whatever is around the earth is whats really rotating
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what logic?
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uh that was actually diproven by gallelaoe. but people did think that back then
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source:https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/OrbitsHistory#:~:text=When%20Galileo%20pointed%20his%20telescope,the%20planet%20orbits%20the%20Sun.

When Galileo pointed his telescope into the night sky in 1610, he saw for the first time in human history that moons orbited Jupiter. If Aristotle were right about all things orbiting Earth, then these moons could not exist. Galileo also observed the phases of Venus, which proved that the planet orbits the Sun.

Answer 15

Source: https://phys.org/news/2007-08-probing-earth-rotate.html#:~:text=Since%20gravity%20pulls%20inward%20from,born%20spinning%2C%22%20Luhman%20said.

Since gravity pulls inward from all directions equally, the amorphous clump, if massive enough, will eventually become a round planet. Inertia then keeps that planet spinning on its axis unless something occurs to disturb it. "The Earth keeps spinning because it was born spinning," Luhman said

Answer 16

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @sxdsouls
so it was given birth ?
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Source: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/in-depth/#:~:text=Formation-,Formation,mantle%20and%20a%20solid%20crust.

Formation. When the solar system settled into its current layout about 4.5 billion years ago, Earth formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust in to become the third planet from the Sun. Like its fellow terrestrial planets, Earth has a central core, a rocky mantle and a solid crust.