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 More options May 14 2008, 2:09 pm
Newsgroups: uk.sci.astronomy, sci.geo.geology
From: oriel36 <kelleher.ger...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:09:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: What would happen if the earth stopped spinning?
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On May 14, 3:08 am, "Green Xenon [Radium]" <gluceg...@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.


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