What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning?
Channel: Jonti Horner
Date: 2020-01-01

A question from curious kids Lane and Chase, who ask 'What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning?'

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Background images: 

1. Animation of the Earth spinning on its axis during the southern hemisphere's winter
https://pixabay.com/videos/earth-rotation-atmosphere-planet-5990/
Author: jjdelmar
Licensing: Public Domain

2. Picture of the Earth and the Moon taken by the Galileo spacecraft, as it flew past our planet on December 16th, 1992. 
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA00134
Author: NASA/JPL
Licensing: Public Domain

3. Artist's impression of TRAPPIST-1f, a planet orbiting a nearby star. 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TRAPPIST-1f_Artist%27s_Impression.png
Author: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Licensing: Public Domain