RE: You'd be weightless in the center of the core. The mass of the earth would

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May 6, 2024
10:13:38pm

Kilgore Trout All-American

RE: You'd be weightless in the center of the core. The mass of the earth would

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Kilgore Trout

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Help me understand the physics of this, this just baffles my mind.

DansmithUVU

May 6, 10:05pm

This Finally convinced me. The earth is flat

cougarfann888

May 6, 10:06pm

Hahaha, it crossed my mind too for .5 seconds.

DansmithUVU

May 6, 10:09pm

What is your ladder made out of?

ochobeeguy

May 6, 10:07pm

Beach wood

DansmithUVU

May 6, 10:10pm

You'd be weightless in the center of the core. The mass of the earth would be pulling you in every direction equally.

Tesla Coug

May 6, 10:09pm

RE: You'd be weightless in the center of the core. The mass of the earth would

May 6, 10:13pm

Not only that, but the gravity would gradually get less and less as you approach

cougarfan84

May 6, 10:23pm

Before or after you light up in burning ball of flesh?

Boomcannon

May 6, 10:32pm

Well the fusion reaction at the core may be problematic, but we are ignoring

cougarfan84

May 6, 10:54pm

RE: Well the fusion reaction at the core may be problematic, but we are ignoring

Tesla Coug

May 6, 10:58pm

Gravity would pull you until you pass the core then it Would gradually switch

Blue2thebone

May 6, 10:11pm

That would be such a weird transition. Something out of Interstellar

DansmithUVU

May 6, 10:13pm

Just like a slow barrel roll in an airplane. Maybe right at the core you’re in a state of no gravity

Blue2thebone

May 6, 10:20pm

Not a sudden change, though, a very slow shift as you are going. May not even be

cougarfan84

May 6, 10:25pm

RE: Help me understand the physics of this, this just baffles my mind.

Stucoug83

May 6, 10:16pm

Don’t think of up and down. Think of it as towards gravitational center and away from gravitational center.

TwinsRight

May 6, 10:18pm

I think we just found Ender Wiggin. This is exactly how he thought. 🙂

Best Guess

May 6, 10:58pm

The Total Recall remake with Colin Farrell had The Drop, where workers from

Captain Stubing

May 6, 10:24pm

This is what I thought of too

Akilleez

May 6, 10:37pm

Why use a ladder to go down? Just jump. You'll come to a slow stop. Eventually.

ugo1st

May 6, 11:00pm

You would come to a stop in the center, and hang there for eternity.

Lance71

May 6, 11:06pm

Perfect opportunity to play 20 questions

EEcougar

May 6, 11:22pm

Another question:

spooky

May 6, 11:18pm

Here is the problem, too

Carnac

May 6, 11:25pm

For a while it would be just like climbing down a ladder, but gradually start

misterpepper

May 6, 11:38pm

It's a classic physics problem used on students who are taking a calculus-based

RedHeadedStranger

May 7, 12:24am

I’ve always heard that the pressure at the core of the Earth is enormously large and uninhabitable

Blue2thebone

May 7, 12:30am

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