What if we lost gravity for 5 seconds?
GeneralClass 12AllAnswered 27 Mar 2026
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If gravity disappeared for 5 seconds, everything not anchored down would float upward at Earth's rotational velocity (1,670 km/h at the euator). The atmosphere would begin dispersing into space, oceans would lift off coastlines, and objects would continue along their current motion vectors. When gravity returned, everything would crash back down simultaneously, causing catastrophic destruction. However, this scenario is physically impossible gravity can't simply "turn off" as it's a fundamental property of mass warping spacetime.
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