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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller
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Being slightly more serious, what is it that suddenly stops?? Just the Earth's crust; the crust, mantle and core; the crust, mantle, core and oceans; or the crust, mantle, core, oceans and atmosphere. Depending on what magically stops and what keeps moving the disasters would be quite different.
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Good question... I took the literal interpretation, the "earth" bits would have to stop (core, mantle crust). The angular momentum consequences on the oceans, atmosphere...anything that's not bolted down (spin velocity at the equator is around 900 knots)...would be interesting....