I've been playing with the notion that we could spin faster in the universe.

And played around with certain ideas. I came to this.
When in Norway and closer to the pole, I spin much slower than when by equator.
Agreed??

Well, lets take this to a bigger level. Gravity is constant, but with variables.
Let say that our orbit around the sun is not fixed to superhighway number one, but moves slightly with the passing of time.
And then also, moves into an orbit that eminates a slightly stronger gravitational pull from the sun..
Couldnt we then spin faster?

If the earth's orbit around the sun was closer it would move faster in its orbit; this was first realized in the 17th century in what's called Kepler's third law. However, the actual spin (i.e. day length) of the planet wouldn't necessarily be affected by being closer.

Just as how two points on a record move at differant speed even though the record itself has a fixed RPM.

Although on the topic of spinning faster, consider this article about a molecule that can spin without friction...

Scientists have found a molecule that can spin freely in liquid, clearing out water as a person swinging suitcases would clear a crowded room.

The molecule spins without causing friction. That shouldn't be possible, according to a chemical physics theory. The finding could alter the way scientists think about chemical reactions in liquids.

Researchers hit a drop of iodine cyanide and water with pulses from an ultraviolet laser, exciting one type of molecule to reconfigure into a small, peanut shape with a carbon atom on one end, a nitrogen atom on the other.

The molecule heated up to 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit (4,427 Celsius) and started spinning at a furious 270 trillion rotations per minute.

Outta my way

Within the first quarter-turn, the molecule created a shock wave that kicked away surrounding water molecules. The peanut molecule created a nearly frictionless zone for itself in the 10-trillionths of a second the reaction lasted.

"If you give it enough spin, it pushes all the guys around it away, and it builds itself a little bubble," said study co-author Stephen Bradforth of the University of Southern California. "It's destroyed the friction in the liquid around it by completely reshaping its environment."

After the molecule completed about 10 rotations, the shock dwindled and the water molecules rushed back in.

Despite its fleeting nature, the reaction managed to smash the linear response theory, a chemistry model that states such a thing can't happen in a liquid environment.

"You can see molecules behave this way in gases, but not in liquids," said study coauthor Richard Stratt, a chemical theorist at Brown University.

Breaking other laws

The molecule's activity also runs against Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action there is an equal, but opposite, reaction.

In the new experiment, there water molecules are displaced, but they don't in turn do anything to the peanut molecule.

Friction is important in chemistry. Molecules rub, grind, and bang against each other as they generate heat that speeds up reactions.

Friction in gas reactions is reduced due to the relatively far distances between molecules, but the close proximity of molecules in liquid makes friction nearly unavoidable.

Although the discovery has no immediate practical use, it changes the way scientists think about the 90 percent of all chemical reactions that take place in liquid, Bradforth said.

One potential use could be to manipulate reactions by isolating molecules from their surroundings and reducing the production of useless byproducts.

"The main reason we're so excited by these results is that friction is how energy is shuttled around in chemical reactions," Stratt told LiveScience. "If it doesn't operate, or it operates differently than we always thought, that makes us wonder if there are entirely new ways we ought to be thinking about how chemical reactions take place."

The research is detailed in the March 31 issue of the journal Science.
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Pagan_2k

Thank you for that input.

That is very interesting.
That sounds like the beginnings of a new and terrible weapon!


But how can it not cause friction? I am not quite with you there. (Or them)

As I see it it is causing friction by pushing away the water.
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Researchers hit a drop of iodine cyanide and water with pulses from an ultraviolet laser, exciting one type of molecule to reconfigure into a small, peanut shape with a carbon atom on one end, a nitrogen atom on the other.

I would think it has to do with the pulses from the laser.

Read up on my other post about scientists messing with the speed of light. Its also based on pulsing a laser and how they can speed up light, slow it down etc just by adjusting the phase.

They are finding that alot of our "universal laws" are not actually valid and can be broken or bent.