If u float in air for 24hrs, would the world spin around under you

Question

the iqfactor....thanks! but....why so serious?

lol

Answer 1

A little bit...depends how high up you are (airplanes have to factor in earth rotation when they fly).   Even though you are sitting still you are traveling same speed as the earth is rotating.  The further up you are, the faster you would need to travel, so that when you landed you were in the same spot.   You have air friction to deal with too though.  

Answer 2

It isn't gravity that stops you from spinning off relative to the earth, it's air pressure. The atmosphere is rotating with the earth and if something is floating it gets pushed along by the atmosphere, so it stays more or less in the same place relative to the earth. Otherwise if you let go of a balloon in would go whizzing away at a few hundred mph.

Answer 3

i donno.  

Answer 4

of course the world would spin around you. because since according to your situation you are floating, the gravational pull is not effecting you.

Answer 5

Well, if you were able to, presumably you would be in the same spot as after 24 hours, 1 full spin right?

Answer 6

If a pencil can disappear,then i think its possible.

y so seriousssssssssssssss?

Answer 7

after a few puffs. =P

Answer 8

oh hai! dis to ard for kitteh....

Answer 9

Only if you were high enough to be outside the Earths atmosphere.  As long as you were within Earths atmosphere, the gravitational pull of the Earth would keep you in the same spot as you floated, unless you yourself propelled yourself (i.e. in a plane etc)

EDIT:

@Asker - lol my bad :)  Umm ok, two guys walk into a bar, the third one ducks! ha! :D

EDIT:

@Aamirah - lol, you made me laugh at that train comment because I've tried it too :)  Try jumping when the elevator is going down, right before it stops.  I think you'll find that quite fun, just be careful not to lose your balance :)

love for all, hatred for none

Answer 10

No. the atmosphere along with the earth are moving.

unless you were in outer space, then it would be different.

that is just a guess though.

Answer 11

Only for a while.

When you get hungry and your head starts spinning in the opposite direction, it should counterbalance the earth spin, you should feel stable.