Hi:

The 1st and obvious answer is that half the world would be night and the
other half would be day without change.

However, what would be the less apparent effects? For example, how would
it affect the ecosystem, the climate, polar ice caps.

Lets assume that the Earth stops spinning in a manner such that it is
the time [in terms of sun/earth orientation] always 4:30 AM
standard-time in Stamford, Connecticut. Let's also assume that the
Earth's movement stops when it is summer for the southern hemisphere and
winter for the northern hemisphere.

What would be the effects? That it would be always be summer in
Australia and winter in Canada is self-explanatory.

Thanks,

Radium

Hi:

The 1st and obvious answer is that half the world would be night and the
other half would be day without change.

However, what would be the less apparent effects? For example, how would
it affect the ecosystem, the climate, polar ice caps.

Lets assume that the Earth stops spinning in a manner such that it is
the time [in terms of sun/earth orientation] always 4:30 AM
standard-time in Stamford, Connecticut. Let's also assume that the
Earth's movement stops when it is summer for the southern hemisphere and
winter for the northern hemisphere.

What would be the effects? That it would be always be summer in
Australia and winter in Canada is self-explanatory.

Thanks,

Radium

Hi:

The 1st and obvious answer is that half the world would be night and the
other half would be day without change.

However, what would be the less apparent effects? For example, how would
it affect the ecosystem, the climate, polar ice caps.

Lets assume that the Earth stops spinning in a manner such that it is
the time [in terms of sun/earth orientation] always 4:30 AM
standard-time in Stamford, Connecticut. Let's also assume that the
Earth's movement stops when it is summer for the southern hemisphere and
winter for the northern hemisphere.

What would be the effects? That it would be always be summer in
Australia and winter in Canada is self-explanatory.


Thanks,

Radium

On May 14, 3:08 am, "Green Xenon [Radium]" <gluceg... at (no spam) excite.com
wrote:
Hi:

The 1st and obvious answer is that half the world would be night and the
other half would be day without change.

However, what would be the less apparent effects? For example, how would
it affect the ecosystem, the climate, polar ice caps.

Lets assume that the Earth stops spinning in a manner such that it is
the time [in terms of sun/earth orientation] always 4:30 AM
standard-time in Stamford, Connecticut. Let's also assume that the
Earth's movement stops when it is summer for the southern hemisphere and
winter for the northern hemisphere.

What would be the effects? That it would be always be summer in
Australia and winter in Canada is self-explanatory.

Thanks,

Radium

The seasons would occur as usual even without axial rotation -axial
rotation generates daylight and darkness and changing orbital
orientation to the central Sun generates seasonal daylight/darkness
variations,

Standing on the Earth's polar axis is equivalent to a non rotating
Earth,it stands to reasons that seasonal daylight/darkness variations
are at the extremes while the effect becomes less variable towards the
Equator (where no seasonal variations are seen).

Through this reasoning,there is a much better way to explain the
seasons but alas,geodynamics is in a poor state at the moment and
replacing the pseudo-dynamic of variable axial inclination with a new
orbital component which causes the daylight/darkness variations may
take a while.

Hope this helps.

Hi:

The 1st and obvious answer is that half the world would be night and the
other half would be day without change.

What would happen if the earth stopped spinning?

Hi:

The 1st and obvious answer is that half the world would be night and the
other half would be day without change.

However, what would be the less apparent effects? For example, how would
it affect the ecosystem, the climate, polar ice caps.

Lets assume that the Earth stops spinning in a manner such that it is
the time [in terms of sun/earth orientation] always 4:30 AM
standard-time in Stamford, Connecticut. Let's also assume that the
Earth's movement stops when it is summer for the southern hemisphere and
winter for the northern hemisphere.

What would be the effects? That it would be always be summer in
Australia and winter in Canada is self-explanatory.

Thanks,

Radium

Abo wrote:
Green Xenon [Radium] wrote:

Also, wouldn't the one side of the world remain night while the other
side day if the earth's completely stopped moving?

If the Earth stopped rotating then you'd still have a cycle of light
and dark; you'd have a year-long day.



Why would there still be a dark/light cycle if the earth stopped
rotating? Why would it be a year long?

Green Xenon [Radium] wrote:
Abo wrote:
Green Xenon [Radium] wrote:

Also, wouldn't the one side of the world remain night while the
other side day if the earth's completely stopped moving?

If the Earth stopped rotating then you'd still have a cycle of light
and dark; you'd have a year-long day.



Why would there still be a dark/light cycle if the earth stopped
rotating? Why would it be a year long?

Sloppy question.
Which inertial frame 'Earth stopped moving'?

1. Solar: Earth swings around sun, facing it.
Light & dark sides.

2. Galactic: Earth swings around sun, facing center of galaxy.
Year-long day.

3. Extra-galactic: Earth stops while sun goes around galaxy.
Very dark.

4. Other ?

Jim Lillie

Hi:

The 1st and obvious answer is that half the world would be night and the
other half would be day without change.

However, what would be the less apparent effects? For example, how would
it affect the ecosystem, the climate, polar ice caps.

Lets assume that the Earth stops spinning in a manner such that it is
the time [in terms of sun/earth orientation] always 4:30 AM
standard-time in Stamford, Connecticut.

Let's also assume that the
Earth's movement stops when it is summer for the southern hemisphere and
winter for the northern hemisphere.

What would be the effects? That it would be always be summer in
Australia and winter in Canada is self-explanatory.

Through this reasoning,there is a much better way to explain the
seasons but alas,geodynamics is in a poor state at the moment and
replacing the pseudo-dynamic of variable axial inclination with a new
orbital component which causes the daylight/darkness variations may
take a while.

Hope this helps.

A person standing on the North and South pole is physically not
axially rotating

therefore your interesting question is not
hypothetical but an actual condition.With this discovery,you can work
through the reasoning where a person at the polar axis experiences
variations in daylight/darkness throughout the year while not axially
rotating.

If the Earth stopped rotating then you'd still have a cycle of light and
dark; you'd have a year-long day.



Why would there still be a dark/light cycle if the earth stopped
rotating? Why would it be a year long?