Ring AROUND the Earth?
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I recently received this question via email: Hello there,Imagine we build a giant ring around the whole globe, perfectly round, no ups and downs.What you didn't know is that i installed explosives all around on each pole holding it up, andthen boom.All the poles break at the same time.What will happen to the ring?Will it just sit there in the air?Or will it fall down?Will it start spinning like crazy?Best regards, Martin from Sweden.First off, Martin, that was sneaky.I cannot condone secretly installing explosives on poles holding up infrastructure projects.Second, I have a feeling you might really like the planet Saturn.And Third, fun question!The answer depends a lot on how strong the ring is, but in general you've touched uponan idea called symmetry bre...
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I recently received this question via email: Hello there,Imagine we build a giant ring around the whole globe, perfectly round, no ups and downs.What you didn't know is that i installed explosives all around on each pole holding it up, andthen boom.All the poles break at the same time.What will happen to the ring?Will it just sit there in the air?Or will it fall down?Will it start spinning like crazy?Best regards, Martin from Sweden.First off, Martin, that was sneaky.I cannot condone secretly installing explosives on poles holding up infrastructure projects.Second, I have a feeling you might really like the planet Saturn.And Third, fun question!The answer depends a lot on how strong the ring is, but in general you've touched uponan idea called symmetry bre...
