Why does the Earth rotate? Why doesn't it stop?

Planets do not have to rotate. Look at Venus. It rotates so slowly that it might as well not be rotating. It rotates backward as well. You might think of it as a negative rotation. Therefore, ze…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [Why does the Earth rotate? Why doesn't it stop?]( Harry Keller, President & Chief Science Officer (1999-present) • [Updated December 24]( [Planets do not have to rotate. Look at Venus. It rotates so slowly that it might as well not be rotating. It rotates backward as well. You might think of it as a negative r... Read more » [Upvote] 3.3K [Comment] 245](   [I'm writing a fantasy novel. Is it okay to spend over 100 pages to world build the themes and vibes without mainly focusing on the main plotline?]( Peter Spering, Ghostwriter (2022-present) • [Answered July 14, 2023]( [“Mother, I killed a man.” To hear those words from your eight year old son is unreal. Any hopes of it being a dark fantasy were dashed when I turned to face him; his small h... Read more » [Upvote] 245 [Comment] 18](   [When a car dealership will not negotiate price, should you walk away at that point?]( Janice Routh, former Former Licensee State of NV Real Estate (2005-2013) • [Answered July 27, 2023]( [I took a friend to a dealership, and he saw a sweet black F-150, the price was well within his budget. We asked the salesman, how much out the door, he gave us a figure and... Read more » [Upvote] 4.1K [Comment] 293](   [You get one passage from Harry Potter to prove the books are better than the movies. What passage do you choose?]( Paul Austin Ardoin, HP fan with a literary theory perspective • [Answered October 25, 2018]( [It’s a travesty that they didn’t even TRY to put this scene in the movie. It’s the most heart-wrenching scene of the whole book series—and deepens the motivation for everyo... Read more » [Upvote] 5.2K [Comment] 117](   [Why are senior software developers speaking out against using AI platforms to write code, when some of the largest tech companies are developing the tools to do exactly that?]( Jake Larson, Senior Software Engineer at DocuSign (2021-present) • [Answered June 28, 2023]( [There's a joke I heard in software engineer. It goes like this. A PM looks at his developer buddy and says: “haha in 5–10 years your job is going to be done. We won't need c... Read more » [Upvote] 1K [Comment] 113](   [Why is the face of Taylor Swift so exceptional?]( R M, Hollywood Lover • [Answered November 1]( [Taylor Swift is very young, but she is also synonymous with class, good taste and great style. Taylor is the owner of great skin and nice hair. She chooses her products meti... Read more » [Upvote] 70 [Comment] 7](   [Why did GRRM stop writing for the GoT TV show after Season 4? He was supposed to write one episode per season.]( Jaco Schaeffer • [Answered February 19, 2019]( [They kept making the changes he didn’t approve of. He said the first big issue was Lady Stoneheart. They said she was a waste of time, an irrelevant zombie. They said it wo... Read more » [Upvote] 785 [Comment] 55](   [What strange archaeological finds could suggest an ancient technological civilization?]( Hansel Sapkota, Crafting content elevates life, shaping better narratives • [Answered December 21]( [This huge sphere was found by an archaeologist in 2016 in a forest in Bosnia. The name of the discoverer is Semir Osmanagich, who describes the stone sphere as the largest i... Read more » [Upvote] 731 [Comment] 70](   [Is it true that CDs don't sound as good as vinyl?]( Steve Hill, Semi-retired at Accountant, Lawyer, Musician, Luthier (2015-present) • [Updated January 4]( [No. And this is the reason: a disc cutting lathe (this one is a Neumann VMS80 at Abbey Road Studios). All vinyl recordings start here. Whether the source is analogue tape or ... Read more » [Upvote] 4.4K [Comment] 598](   [Why did the Emperor want the Atreides wiped out?]( Mike Hennessy, Instructor/Part Owner Ninjutsu School (2014-present) • [Updated September 23, 2023]( [- Duke Leto was popular enough among the other great houses to represent a potential political threat to the Emperor - Duke Leto’s warmasters Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho wer... Read more » [Upvote] 485 [Comment] 41](   [In your opinion, is Beethoven, Mozart, or Bach better?]( Philip Husband, Classically trained pianist • [Answered July 20, 2023]( [Beethoven: Couldn’t write a solo cello suite to save his life. Mozart: Hey, Wolfgang, where’s your choral symphony, eh? Bach: Clearly intimidated by the idea of writing strin... Read more » [Upvote] 219 [Comment] 56](   [What should you never microwave? What's the science behind it?]( Ebon Shward, Cryptozoologist, alchemist, and engineer (2004-present) • [Answered May 8, 2023]( [This question might as well be tailor made for me. Gather round, and I will tell the tale of how I destroyed my first microwave. Did you know that you can make diamonds in a ... Read more » [Upvote] 1.1K [Comment] 87]( [Read more in your feed]( Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.   [Download on the App Store]( it on Google Play](   Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please [unsubscribe](.