Will Earth at some point stop rotating anti-clockwise, stay still, and then rotate clockwise?
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1Can you add some more context to this question? Like why you would think this is possible. – James K Jan 26 '19 at 21:11
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No, there is no known phenomenon what could cause this in the future. – peterh Jan 27 '19 at 10:13
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No. This would require some force imposed externally. Momentum is a wonderful thing.
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Maybe if one of the larger centaurs gets perturbed into the inner system and Earth gets unlucky enough to suffer an oblique impact? Not sure that would count as "stay still and then rotate clockwise" though. – Jan 26 '19 at 22:54