What would happen if you were in the core of the earth?

2008-03-06 02:46:14

#1

psH: Banned; +217|6864|Sydney

Okay, so some krazie professor sends you to the core of the earth, and your covered in an invisible spray-on film which protects you from anything and everything

so your in the 'iron' core , at you EXACT center of gravity, EXACTLY in the middle

what would happen?

would you sit there or be torn apart?

https://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/compass-core.gif

imo i think you'd be torn limb from limb

but what about a ball of iron or something?

_{thanks varegg for the thread idea}

2008-03-06 02:50:49

#2

geNius: ..!.,; +144|6923|SoCal

Torn? You mean crushed?

https://srejects.com/genius/srejects.png

2008-03-06 02:52:39

#3

RavyGravy: Son.; +617|6886|NSW, Australia

id be slightly pissed off at the crazy professor

2008-03-06 02:54:22

#4

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7291|Nårvei

If i had an invisible spray-on film which protected me from anything and everything i have a list of other things i would have done before i went to the core of the earth

Wait behind the line ..............................................................

2008-03-06 02:55:31

#5

Tetrino: International OMGWTFBBQ; +200|7211|Uhh... erm...

You'd devolve into a black hole and destroy the Earth.

2008-03-06 03:03:43

#6

1927: The oldest chav in the world; +2,423|7154|Cardiff, Capital of Wales

Varegg wrote:
If i had an invisible spray-on film which protected me from anything and everything i have a list of other things i would have done before i went to the core of the earth

I bet you would still have your box of eggs though?

2008-03-06 03:05:27

#7

1927: The oldest chav in the world; +2,423|7154|Cardiff, Capital of Wales

psH wrote:
Okay, so some krazie professor sends you to the core of the earth, and your covered in an invisible spray-on film which protects you from anything and everything

so your in the 'iron' core , at you EXACT center of gravity, EXACTLY in the middle

what would happen?

would you sit there or be torn apart?

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/compass-core.gif

imo i think you'd be torn limb from limb

but what about a ball of iron or something?

_{thanks varegg for the thread idea}

Owch my head hurts trying to think of a sensible answer to this. All I want to think about is what to have round the cafe for dinner.

I'd be lonely I know that much (in the core, not the cafe)

2008-03-06 03:05:58

#8

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6920|Brisbane, Australia

geNius wrote:
Torn? You mean crushed?

Truth.

psHlite you douche, you obviously don't understand gravity at all

The immense pressure from the entire mass of the earth pushing down (or up? /mindfuck) on you would crush you instantly. 5.97x10²⁷kg if I remember correctly.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/5e6a35c97adb20771c7b713312c0307c23a7a36a.png

2008-03-06 03:09:03

#9

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|7079|Cheshire. UK

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
geNius wrote:
Torn? You mean crushed?
Truth.

psHlite you douche, you obviously don't understand gravity at all

The immense pressure from the entire mass of the earth pushing down (or up? /mindfuck) on you would crush you instantly. 5.97x10²⁷kg if I remember correctly.

But doesn't the spray on film protect you from anything and everything??

2008-03-06 03:09:20

#10

theDude5B: Cool member; +805|7231

but you are wearing this magical

invisible spray-on film which protects you from anything and everything

so nothing would happen.

2008-03-06 03:14:33

#11

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6871

You'd materialise with your atoms mixed up with the earth and die in a nanosecond. Or less.

You can't just appear in a solid without expecting something bad to happen.

2008-03-06 03:14:48

#12

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|7166|Espoo, Finland

The core temperature is about 7,000 K, the pressure is 360 GPa (Giga Pascals).
You figure it out.

2008-03-06 03:19:03

#13

^*AlphA*^: F*ckers; +3,135|7219|The Hague, Netherlands

some_random_panda wrote:
You'd materialise with your atoms mixed up with the earth and die in a nanosecond. Or less.

You can't just appear in a solid without expecting something bad to happen.

so no time to say: "Ohh shii" ?

https://bf3s.com/sigs/36eac2cb6af70a43508fd8d1c93d3201f4e23435.png

2008-03-06 03:20:56

#14

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6920|Brisbane, Australia

^*AlphA*^ wrote:
some_random_panda wrote:
You'd materialise with your atoms mixed up with the earth and die in a nanosecond. Or less.

You can't just appear in a solid without expecting something bad to happen.
so no time to say: "Ohh shii" ?

Would be more like "O|- -"

Thats an "OH -" with half an H.

2008-03-06 03:25:45

#15

hurricane2oo5: Do One Ya Mug !!!; +176|7245|mansfield

i know the answer to this .

2008-03-06 03:27:32

#16

phd_in_destruction: while(1) { fork() }; +2|6635|MI

One thing I remember from my earth physics class is that the effect of gravity for mass above you as you travel toward the center of a sphere cancels itself out, so if you arrived at the center and could withstand the pressure and temperature... there would be no gravity.

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2008-03-06 03:29:37

#17

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6920|Brisbane, Australia

phd_in_destruction wrote:
One thing I remember from my earth physics class is that the effect of gravity for mass above you as you travel toward the center of a sphere cancels itself out, so if you arrived at the center and could withstand the pressure and temperature... there would be no gravity.

of course there would be no gravity - you cant be pulled any further in.

2008-03-06 03:30:49

#18

Pokoyo: Member; +2|6415

Tetrino wrote:
You'd devolve into a black hole and destroy the Earth.

The event horizon is approx. 3km for every solar mass. An 80kg human is 4x10^-29 times smaller, therefore you would have to be crushed to below 2.4x10^-25 metres across. An atom is only 3.1x10^-11 metres across. Stupid physics.

If you were invulnerable to the pressure, heat and the fact that you're probably not coming back, you'd probably just spin around in random ways.

2008-03-06 03:34:16

#19

phd_in_destruction: while(1) { fork() }; +2|6635|MI

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
of course there would be no gravity - you cant be pulled any further in.

I guess what I meant was, no gravity means 'no getting pulled apart' by conflicting forces.

2008-03-06 03:36:01

#20

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|7166|Espoo, Finland

Pokoyo wrote:
Tetrino wrote:
You'd devolve into a black hole and destroy the Earth.
The event horizon is approx. 3km for every solar mass. An 80kg human is 4x10^-29 times smaller, therefore you would have to be crushed to below 2.4x10^-25 metres across. An atom is only 3.1x10^-11 metres across. Stupid physics.

If you were invulnerable to the pressure, heat and the fact that you're probably not coming back, you'd probably just spin around in random ways.

The inner core is solid.

2008-03-06 03:43:19

#21

Pokoyo: Member; +2|6415

Gawwad wrote:
The inner core is solid.

I know but that just means you die, which is less fun. Anyway, after a certain point, physics stops listening to logical points in the attainment of cool figures and facts. Wormholes and speed of light travel are so incredibly impractical that research into them serves almost no purpose.

2008-03-06 03:46:12

#22

buttersIRL: Member; +17|7078

if my degree in TV science is worth anything then

as you are travelling towards the gravitational center you would pick up some kind of gravity speed boost thing and reach escape velocity so that you do a sling shot around the core and time travel back to 1985 !

if not then all the TV science I've learned ain't worth a damn !

2008-03-06 04:22:28

#23

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6920|Brisbane, Australia

phd_in_destruction wrote:
TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
of course there would be no gravity - you cant be pulled any further in.
I guess what I meant was, no gravity means 'no getting pulled apart' by conflicting forces.

Ah, that makes sense then

I don't know where the whole "getting pulled apart by forces" came from really - if that were true, wouldnt the planet rip itself apart?

2008-03-06 04:29:59

#24

Vub: The Power of Two; +188|6975|Sydney, Australia

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
phd_in_destruction wrote:
TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
of course there would be no gravity - you cant be pulled any further in.
I guess what I meant was, no gravity means 'no getting pulled apart' by conflicting forces.
Ah, that makes sense then

I don't know where the whole "getting pulled apart by forces" came from really - if that were true, wouldnt the planet rip itself apart?

In physics, if you take volume integrals, you'll realise that the forces exerted by gravitation by the matter around you at the centre of the earth exactly balance, so there is no net force on you, it'll mean you won't tend towards any one direction. You won't get pulled apart at all because there is no net force on any iota of matter that makes up you.

Oh and you'll die from the temperature and pressure and the lack of oxygen long before you reach the centre of the earth

2008-03-06 04:33:50

#25

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7102|London, England

Well all gravitational force is directed towards the center of mass. Nobody said the center of the earth was its center of mass. It's not a perfect sphere. So you'd just experience a weak gravitational pull + alot of pressure from above (but the super suit saves the day)

/smart ass

If you were right where the center of mass/gravity was. You'd probably experience nothing becuase the super suit wouldn't allow anything, I'm guessing it's an area with a small or no amount of gravity. At least that's what I think I remember being told a long time ago

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