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Will the Earth ever stop rotating?
Will the Earth ever stop rotating or will it rotate for the entire lifetime of the universe (assuming that the Sun didn't exist, so the Earth would survive to the Red Giant phase)?
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What's responsible for the earth to rotate and for the objects on it to rotate with it? [duplicate]
Three questions arose to me:
The first is what is responsible for the earth spinning? Is this just newton's first law in action - having been formed out of the material in the cluster of clouds after ...
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What will happen if rotation of Earth will get reverse? [duplicate]
Today one question pop up into my mind... What will happen if Earth spinning about its axis and around the sun will start moving in reverse direction... Whether it will affect us... What are all ...
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Will the Earth flatten out?
Since the rotation of the earth makes it more flat,due to the centrifugal forces, is it not possible for the force to completely flatten out earth into a plane ?
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How does the Earth rotate, given that the torque acting on it while revolving is zero?
I've come to understand that the torque acting on the Earth while revolving the Earth is zero. Torque is the force responsible for rotation of a body. So how does the Earth rotate?
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