If I made a tower from earth to twice above the earth atmosphere will it fall on the earth or dumped in space?
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Your stick is a lot like a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator It is anchored to the Earth's surface. The other end is stationary above the base -- it is not in orbit like the space station. If it were to break below GEO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit ( 35,786 km 22,236 mi ) the bottom part would fall to the Earth's surface. The part above GEO would be flung away from the Earth, dragging the remainder with it. If your tower ended below GEO it would either stand still, fall over and end up on the Earth surface, or collapse onto itself. In no case will it be flung into space. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_atmosphere#Principal_layers Exosphere: >700 km (>440 miles) (ends at 100,000 miles 160,000 km) Thermosphere: 80 to 700 km (50 to 440 miles) Mesosphere: 50 to 80 km (31 to 50 miles) Stratosphere: 12 to 50 km (7 to 31 miles) Troposphere: 0 to 12 km (0 to 7 miles)
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Fall to earth. The only reason the space shuttle and other orbiting objects do not is that they are traveling so fast that they essentially fall around the earth, never approaching any closer. Your object is stationary relative to the surface, and the distance is such that gravity is more than 98 or 99 percent the same as at the surface. So, it falls
Daniel Spector
This Stick Will fall on Earth. First, the most important thing to know is that gravity exists absolutely everywhere in the universe. The force exerted depends on the distance of the object and the mass. Every bit of matter exerts a force on every otherĀ matter. This means that you are attracted, and attract, everything in the universe!
Vidit Parashar
consider a spinning top with a long stick on its head..Now this stick(and its tip) shows a very erratic motion when the top is spinning.Since any structure is not rigid shear and other forces would be acting on it.Hence the tower will break some where from the middle and fall on earth following a parabolic path.;
Jafar Ali
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