What would happen if gravity disappeared for 5 seconds?
GeneralClass 12AllAnswered 27 Mar 2026
Answer
If gravity vanished for 5 seconds:
- You'd float upward at Earth's rotation speed (up to 1,670 km/h at euator).
- The atmosphere would begin expanding into space.
- Oceans would lift from their basins.
- Satellites would drift from orbits.
- The Moon would begin moving away in a straight line.
- When gravity returned, everything would crash down simultaneously, likely causing extinction-level destruction. Fortunately, this is impossible gravity is an intrinsic property of mass and cannot be "switched off."
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