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#14 Gravity

Day 761, 18:47 • Published in Australia New Zealand

• by Calbe

If you dug a hole through the center of the earth,and jumped in, would you stay at the center because of gravity?

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Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen Day 761, 19:05

Depends... how long is a piece of string?

Calbe Day 761, 19:11

twice as long as half a piece of string...

Br0adside Day 761, 19:13

You wouldnt last long enough to make it to the centre of the earth 🙁

but if in some strange way you could, you would be drawn to the epicentre of gravity and held there till some unexplainable science anomaly occured. 😛

Wally Wilson Day 761, 19:26

either the black hole or the aliens would kill you first.

whitelaughter Day 761, 19:52

"and jumped in"
the momentum you had built up by falling would keep you moving, so you would keep travelling until you either ran out of tunnel, or a combination of wind resistance and gravity pulled you back towards the center of the earth. You would then yo-yo back and forth until finally coming to a stop.

Tecchi Day 761, 19:54

Wouldnt gravity just sorta crush you into a big ball? i think it would.

Ollie Chase Day 761, 23:19

You would fall at an increasingly rapid rate, and alas disintergrate before reaching the core. If you did somewhat reach the core, you would be burnt alive regardless. To physically dig a whole from one end to the other isn't possible, due to our lovely center.

In the end, you would be nothing but ash once you reached the center of the earth, so would any digging equipment you might have.

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