I know what exactly will happen if the earth stops rotating all of a sudden – the momentum would cause untold destruction and everything not securely anchored to the ground would be hurled eastward at devastating speeds. I’ve seen a shittona clickbaity videos on YouTube. I also know the final result of this would be 6 months of daytime and 6 months of night. But what would be the other visible effects on earth which would start as soon the deceleration begins? Will we be able to survive?
In: Planetary Science
If i did the calculation right, this is lowering the rotational energy by 63%
From today 2.58 x 10^29 Joules down to 1.63 x 10^29 Joules.
That is 9.50 x 10^28 Joule.
A number with 28 digits.
The biggest known atomic bomb the Tsar counts 50 Megatons = 2.092 x 10^17 Joule.
That is 4.541 x 10^11 biggest atomic bombs
41 Million bombs per day
1.7 Million bombs per hour
479 Tsar bombs per second every day 30 years long.
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