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Old June 21st 13, 04:16 PM posted to sci.astro
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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On 21/06/2013 10:11 AM, dlzc wrote:
Dear r_dela...:

On Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:28:24 PM UTC-7,
wrote:
How fast would the earth have to spin, so that stuff started flying
off?


Others have given you an answer based on the Earth being a solid body
with its current shape.

The Earth is like a creme filled chocolate, and if you even tried to
double its speed, it would lobe up, and spin off another Moon. Even
a 50% increase would be pretty disastrous.


Ummm, creme-filled chocolate Moon.

Yousuf Khan