Ring AROUND the Earth?

Thanks to http://www.squarespace.com/minutephysics for sponsoring this video; you can use offer code MINUTEPHYSICS at checkout for 10% off your first purchase. Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ This video is about what would happen if we built a giant ring around earth – what would happen to the ring, that is. Would if fall? Collapse? Start spinning? REFERENCES: Why Isn’t It Faster to Fly West? Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gNkgj9h2oM Physics Girl Quarter Shrinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2TDXKfBaMQ Symmetry Breaking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry_breaking Forces through gauge symmetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uh5mTxRQcg Higgs Boson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uh5mTxRQcg MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Created by Henry Reich