<p>This is more of a physics question/off topic question.  Due to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum#Conservation" rel="nofollow">law of conservation of momentum</a> things that are in motion stay in motion.  If the earth was magically seized upon by some cosmic tractor beam, it would basically be squished flat (imagine dropping an egg on the floor, where the floor represents the opposing force of the tractor beam).  If it was a gradual controlled reduction of speed (like an elevator's motion), I guess nothing would happen.  But that doesn't really make any sense either, because that doesn't explain how you got rid of the gravitational effects of the sun and everything else.</p>

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2015-09-03T07:27:43.280Z
2015-09-03T07:27:43.280Z
Futuza
<p>What will happen to us are we going to move in a tangential direction with earth axis of rotation ?</p>

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2015-08-29T09:58:53.763Z
I'd say this is off topic. Try this instead: http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/10581/effects-of-a-non-rotating-earth/10582#10582
Beta Decay
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2015-08-29T12:17:58.047Z
Rotationally, we don't have orbital velocity, even at the equator. However our speed in orbit about the sun, about 15 km/sec, is greater than escape velocity, 11.2 km/sec, so half of us would be squished, while the other half would fly into the vacuum of space.
Wayfaring Stranger
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2015-08-29T16:29:33.807Z
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is a hypothetical scenario with no basis in fact.
HDE 226868
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2015-08-31T00:15:49.863Z
Watch the movie the day the earth stood still.
NuWin
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What if the earth stopped rotating and revolving at the same time?
Chloritone_360
# What if the earth stopped rotating and revolving at the same time?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-29)

What will happen to us are we going to move in a tangential direction with earth axis of rotation ?

**Tags:** earth, astrophysics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'd say this is off topic. Try this instead: http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/10581/effects-of-a-non-rotating-earth/10582#10582  
> **username_2**: Rotationally, we don't have orbital velocity, even at the equator. However our speed in orbit about the sun, about 15 km/sec, is greater than escape velocity, 11.2 km/sec, so half of us would be squished, while the other half would fly into the vacuum of space.  
> **username_3**: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is a hypothetical scenario with no basis in fact.  
> **username_4**: Watch the movie the day the earth stood still.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-09-03. Score: 1

This is more of a physics question/off topic question. Due to the [law of conservation of momentum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum#Conservation) things that are in motion stay in motion. If the earth was magically seized upon by some cosmic tractor beam, it would basically be squished flat (imagine dropping an egg on the floor, where the floor represents the opposing force of the tractor beam). If it was a gradual controlled reduction of speed (like an elevator's motion), I guess nothing would happen. But that doesn't really make any sense either, because that doesn't explain how you got rid of the gravitational effects of the sun and everything else.


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