• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

2 Questions: Gamecube and the Earth

Q

QueHuong

Platinum Member
Just saving thread space.

1) Just got a Gamecube for $160 (Mario Sunshine bundle) + Metroid Prime (free) + Star Wars Rogue Squadron ($20) + Turok Evolution ($10). Good deals, huh? Thank you Hot Deals forum!!

Anyway, this is my 2nd console EVER (first was the good old SNES), so I'm pretty psyched about it. So what are some good sites regarding Gamecubes, GC games, and video games in general, like for reviews on what's good and what's not?


2) Problem that has been bugging me: Earth revolves around the sun because of the sun's gravity. I know that. It's constantly falling into the sun, but it's going just fast enough so it doesn't actually crash into the sun. But what caused the Earth to rotate in the first place? And what keeps it rotating now? I don't ever remember science book answering this question about rotation.
 
Originally posted by: MindStorm
Just saving thread space.

1) Just got a Gamecube for $160 (Mario Sunshine bundle) + Metroid Prime (free) + Star Wars Rogue Squadron ($20) + Turok Evolution ($10). Good deals, huh? Thank you Hot Deals forum!!

Anyway, this is my 2nd console EVER (first was the good old SNES), so I'm pretty psyched about it. So what are some good sites regarding Gamecubes, GC games, and video games in general, like for reviews on what's good and what's not?


2) Problem that has been bugging me: Earth revolves around the sun because of the sun's gravity. I know that. It's constantly falling into the sun, but it's going just fast enough so it doesn't actually crash into the sun. But what caused the Earth to rotate in the first place? And what keeps it rotating now? I don't ever remember science book answering this question about rotation.
Click to expand...

What are you drinking & why aren't you sharing MindStorm?
 
1. oh so many to name...
2. I'm guessing if the earth isn't rotating, we'd all be flung into space 🙂 Newton says that without opposing force, an object in motion stays in motion.
 
1. i just got one too. good choice. Check out mario party 4 if you're going to be having ppl over for games.
2. it's like my mom always said... Just because. 🙂 The answer will depend on if you chose to question how it can exist in the first place. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: MindStorm


2) Problem that has been bugging me: Earth revolves around the sun because of the sun's gravity. I know that. It's constantly falling into the sun, but it's going just fast enough so it doesn't actually crash into the sun. But what caused the Earth to rotate in the first place? And what keeps it rotating now? I don't ever remember science book answering this question about rotation.
Click to expand...

Greatly simplified: The earth condenced out of the mater that made up the sol system. the mater already in the system was rotationg around the sun. this is because there was a rotaional factor given to everything as the entire system started to form. then when the planets formed, the matter just helped that spin along. Also, whatever the hell hit the earth early in its formation and created the moon also likely slowed down or sped up the rotation. And since it started spiing, it always will spin until vacuum starts exerting a force on the earth to slow it down.

The original rotation factor may have been given by a star passing the newly forming system, the coreolis effect, the spin of the milky way, or something else that I can not remember from a physics class where a student asked this exact question of the prof.
 
I thought the earth itself rotates because of its core... the rotating of the earth's core is responsible for many things.. like the earth's magnetic field... I just thought it was also responsible for its rotation..
 
oh.. nm.. google did it:

link

How does the Earth spin?

This is kind of a vague question. It spins because long ago there must have been some angular momentum imparted to it, either by virtue of an impact/collison with one or more large objects when the Earth was very young, or because the material out of which it accreted had some net 'spin' relative to the center of mass of the forming Earth.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top