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Why can’t we feel earth’s rotation?

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We have already read in our academic book that earth rotates on its axis once in every 24 hrs. But we can’t feel it while the speed of earth’s rotation is measured as nearly 1600 kph or 1000 miles/h. What may be the possible reasons that we can’t feel earth’s spin? The possible reasons are that not only earth but also everything that exists on earth including its atmosphere is rotating with earth at the same speed.

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Just think you are riding in a car with a constant speed. As long as it is moving with a constant speed you would be not able to feel the movement, once someone press the brakes you would feel the movement as the car would stop suddenly. In the same way you can’t feel earth rotation unless it stops suddenly.

Source: http://earthsky.org/earth/why-cant-we-feel-earths-spin

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Why can’t we feel earth’s rotation? was published on and last updated on 15 May 2018.