how come if the world is so heavy it doesnt fall through space huh answer that one?

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how come if the world is so heavy it doesnt fall through space huh answer that one?

Answer 1

Very thin wires.

Answer 2

It can be said that the earth is "falling through space." But the earth is also well within the gravitational field of the sun, which is much larger and heavier than the earth. So the sun's gravitational field pulls the earth's "fall through space" into a closed curve known as an "orbit," and that is how we got to be orbiting around the sun.



There is gravity in space, and the earth does not "float." It is suspended in dynamic equilibrium between the sun's gravity and its angular momentum. All objects in orbit are in the same situation.

Answer 3

The moon is falling through space and keeps changing directions due to the gravitational pull from the Earth.



The Earth, in turn, is also falling through space, but keeps changing directions due to the gravitational pull from the sun.



The sun is also falling through space, but keeps changing directions due to the gravitational pull from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.



The Milky Way galaxy is falling through space, too. In fact, it's on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy, our closest neighboring galaxy.

Answer 4

I suspect that this question is just an attempt to be funny and isn't really expected to be taken seriously but it actually depends a lot on how you define the word fall.



The earth is circling the sun, but draw a circle to represent the sun on a piece of paper and then draw a larger circle round it to represent the earths orbit.



Then put something on the circle to represent the earth and slowly move it around the circle. If you study the model carefully you will see that the earth is actually falling towards the surface of the sun but that the sun's surface is moving away from it as it falls so that it never reaches it.



Clever eh!!

Answer 5

Take a ball and drop it. It falls to the ground. If you could throw it hard enough, it would orbit the earth, like a satellite. Now extrapolate, the earth *is* the ball, and the sun is the ground. And someone threw the earth hard enough so that it's now orbiting the sun. In concept, it's falling toward the sun and continually missing it. And, you know, according to Douglas Adams, that's the secret to flying.

Answer 6

HAHAHA. OK, had to get that out of the way.

Space is a VACUUM. There's nothing to fall through. There's no gravity to make you fall, either. The only thing you can fall to is the center of the earth. You're confusing earth physics with the entire physics of the universe. The earth is held in place by gravity, the reason you fall when you jump. You think, since people on earth fall when they're up, everything everywhere must. But no. Space is empty, so it doesn't generate gravity of its own. Since there's no gravity in space, nothing will fall, which is basically just getting sucked into the center of gravity, because the universe has no gravity of its own.

OK. Hope this helps :)

Answer 7

the reason the world doesnt fall through space is because the suns gravity is pulling it towards the sun there fore keeping it in orbit around the sun as does it do that to all the other planets in our solar system...



also for all yooh know the world could be weightless, have yooh ever weighed it on a pair of scales?



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Answer 8

Weight is realavent to the mass and gravitational pull that is excellerated by the centrifical motion of the earth and other planets. Space does not spin and so there is nothing to pull the earth into. The heavier an object is the more time and space bends around it causing ring like ridges that planets and other objects rest on. So that we dont in fact fall into or collide into other planets or stars. If the earth was to fall what would it fall to?. And since we base our direction on the earthe poles what direction would it fall?

Answer 9

It is ´falling´ thru space. The Earth moves at about 1000 mph in the direction it is ´facing´ but the gravitational pull from the sun keeps it in orbit and stops it flying out in to space or ´falling´

Answer 10

the earth is 600 quintrillion tons

(1) the gravity of the sun keeps it from falling

for more information about the sun look at the wikipedia

demonstrate this one

spin a top at the stadium and see why it doesn't fall

(2) because also earth is spinning to its axis and keeps it from falling

how about this one demostrate

tie a string at any small sized ball or clay then rotate it around your body

it doesn't fall just like that right?

(3) that's because tha revolution of earth at the sun keeps it from falling



10 poins pls

Answer 11

It IS falling through space. Just in a direction controlled by gravity.

Answer 12

The earth is falling, and very fast. It moves at a really scary speed through the universe, around the solar system, and also, the whole solar system around the galaxy, and also the whole galaxy around a grooup of galaxies and so on.

Answer 13

Simple.The gravity of the sun keeps the Earth in it's orbit without letting it wander.

It's like throwing a ball in the sky and asking why it doesn't wander of in space.It's for the same reason--GRAVITY.

Answer 14

It DOES fall through space, in a sense. It falls towards the Sun, while retaining enough angular speed to stay in orbit. Universal gravitation, my friend, universal gravitation.

Answer 15

I thought it WAS falling through space.

Answer 16

Gravity fromthe Sun.

Answer 17

I think humans are doomed to extinction judging by some of the answers here. Good news to send home.

Answer 18

it is falling through space... and actually falling into the sun...

Answer 19

ummm a little thing called gravity try looking it up in a 4th grade astronomy text book...

Answer 20

In space there is not a up or down

Answer 21

the world is heavy but it don't fall through space because space don't have gravity.

Answer 22

Gravity dude!! Have you been to school?!











ScarPred

Answer 23

( ryan h ) is right on the money. simple answer straight to the point. 10/10

Answer 24

Uh wow man, that's really like, cosmic, man.

Answer 25

I'm not sure what your implying; is it that the world is actually weightless ? Cause your right, it is weightless.

Answer 26

could bertie_bassett actually be this insanely stupid? answer that one?

Answer 27

cos atlas is holding it up

Answer 28

Turtles.



It's turtles all the way down.

Answer 29

There is no gravity in space

Answer 30

it will not fall because there is no great amount of gravity acting upon it so it will only float.

Answer 31

gravity!!

Answer 32

there is no gravity in space you fool